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The Lenny Archive

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Articles

Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner Say Goodbye to Lenny

A final letter from our leaders.

In the Running: Lauren Underwood

In this series, we interview female candidates who are winning historic primaries across the nation. This week, Lauren Underwood talks about her run for Illinois’ Fourteenth Congressional District. If she wins, she’ll be the youngest-ever African American woman in Congress.

Future Oceans

In the midst of a crisis to look toward a positive future and a healthy ocean, we must rethink how we interact with the environment.

Building a Lifeline

For queer and trans prisoners who have lost familial safety nets due to abuse, neglect, or rejection, the alternative support networks created by other queer people can be life-saving.

Birthing Justice

Black maternal health is in crisis, but these doulas and midwives are already responding to the threat.

“They Want to Silence Us”

A mother and daughter flee violence in Nicaragua, seeking peace in Mexico.

In the Running: Lupe Valdez

In this series, we interview female candidates who are winning historic primaries across the nation. This week, Lupe Valdez, who could be the first lesbian and first Hispanic governor of Texas, talks about her run.

Finding My Grandmother, One Psychic at a Time

Will a trip to the hippie mecca Sedona help me get to her?

Say No to Say Yes

And helped me find what I wanted to say yes to.

Drowning in My Own Estrogen

Why I got a breast reduction at sixteen.

In the Running: Dana Balter

In this series, we interview female candidates who are winning historic primaries across the nation. This week, Dana Balter talks about her run for Congress in New York. If she wins, she’ll be the first woman to represent her district.

In the Running: Christine Hallquist

In this series, we interview female candidates who are winning historic primaries across the nation. This week, Christine Hallquist talks about her run for governor of Vermont. If she wins, she’ll be the first transgender governor in the nation.

Reality-TV Mediums Healed Me After a Breakup

How *Hollywood Medium* and *Long Island Medium* taught me about connecting with the dead — and the living.

Good Kids Mad City’s Jeneca Jones on the Power of Hope

Activist Jeneca Jones on her fight to combat gun violence in her hometown, Chicago.

Bishop Briggs Finds Connections Everywhere

From Tokyo to LA, the indie pop star is thankful for it all.

EX #5: Brian

In her comic series, EX, author Linda Rosenkrantz investigates what went wrong with her ex-boyfriends.

Makeup in Transit

Workers in Mexico City have some of the longest commutes in Latin America, and women use this time to apply their morning makeup.

Scales Too Large, Dorsal Rays Too Few

Else Bostelmann brought deep-sea creatures to life in a time before underwater cameras.

In the Running: Rashida Tlaib

In this series, we interview female candidates who are winning historic primaries across the nation. This week, Rashida Tlaib, who could be one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress, talks about her run.

Faye and Me

As the mother of a child with Down syndrome, I found myself in Faye, a woman decades older than me who chose to institutionalize her developmentally disabled children.