Evidence

Michelle Riddell Body Image

She pointed to her timeworn face in the mirror, “When I look, I don’t see flaws I see evidence.”

Brave New Word

Michelle Riddell essays

Bravery, it seems, is as elusive as good taste: notable when it’s there, forgivable when it’s not. 

A Goodbye To HBO’s Girls

Michelle Riddell Girls

The success of Girls proved something we knew already: the lives of females are intrinsically and boundlessly interesting.

Circles of Girls, Fields of Boys

Michelle Riddell Boys

To the children, gender seemed like a social construct of the grown-up world, rooted in arbitrary semantics, and did not dictate social mores.