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#ReadWomen: Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis

  The Lie: I’LL START TOMORROW I can’t count the number of diets I’ve tried. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve made plans to go to the gym and then blew them off. Number of half marathons I signed up for, paid the entry fee for, and then

#ReadWomen: Written in Tears by Arupa Patangia Kalita

Excerpted from Arupa Patangia Kalita’s book of short stories, Written in Tears, translated from the Assamese by Ranjita Biswas. Out now in a special Harper Perennial keepsake edition. The Girl with Long Hair Mainao stands on her toes at the threshold of youth. She is a cheerful, attractive girl with

#ReadWomen: The Skills by Mishal Husain

Direct, persistent, purposeful. Or – uncertain, uneasy, doubtful. One set of words are those most often associated with the sort of work I do in broadcasting, involving live interviews and the pressure to generate new information and understanding. The other reflects what I will often be experiencing in reality. It

#ReadWomen: Hijabistan by Sabyn Javeri

‘I will call you Tooba. Tarannum sounds too …’ the baji’s voice trailed off, but her silence had said more than her words ever could. Doesn’t sound like a maid’s name, the girl completed the woman’s sentence in her heart. Just then, the woman’s cellphone rang and the girl watched

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    #ReadWomen: Roar by Cecelia Ahern

    The Woman Who Slowly Disappeared     1. There’s a gentle knock on the door before it opens. Nurse Rada steps inside and closes the door behind her softly. ‘I’m here,’ the woman says, quietly. Rada scans the room, following the sound of her voice. ‘I’m here, I’m here, I’m

    #ReadWomen: Girl, Stop Apologizing by Rachel Hollis

    For most of us, women especially, we hold on to some little nugget, some little lie, some limiting belief that we’ve had since childhood. We’ve believed it for so long, we don’t even question it anymore. We heard something when we were younger and our feelings were tender. Someone said