PinnedAnastasia BasilinHuman Parts‘Crotch’ Is Not a Dress LengthJudging girls: the last acceptable bias·3 min read·Aug 25, 2022--61--61
PinnedAnastasia BasilinHuman PartsHow Algebra Ruins Lives80% of high school dropouts cited their inability to pass Algebra I as the primary reason for leaving school·7 min read·Sep 25, 2016--100--100
PinnedAnastasia BasilinHuman PartsRelax, Ladies. Don’t Be So Uptight. You Know You Want It·11 min read·Sep 19, 2018--161--161
PinnedAnastasia BasilinHuman PartsKetchup Sandwiches and Other Things Stupid Poor People Eat“Folks of privilege don’t understand how $17 can ruin you”·6 min read·Sep 8, 2016--374--374
PinnedAnastasia BasilinHuman PartsAlcohol + Boys Does Not = RapeIt takes a certain kind of person, not a certain amount of alcohol, to assault another human being·3 min read·Oct 11, 2018--21--21
Anastasia BasilMiddle School Offers Free Girdles to GirlsKids don’t need to “smooth out bulges”·5 min read·Jan 17, 2022--22--22
Anastasia BasilThe Space of What Could Have BeenMy mother is ninety-three and lives above my sister’s garage in a converted apartment, but not really. Her body is there, diapered and…·3 min read·Aug 25, 2021--49--49
Anastasia BasilThe Womb Where It HappenedWhen Americans are born on third base and think they hit a triple.·8 min read·Jul 21, 2021--16--16
Anastasia BasilinHuman PartsMiddle Schoolers Are More Suicidal Than Ever. Is Too Much Privacy to Blame?Why parents should think twice before granting kids absolute digital privacy·8 min read·Sep 22, 2020--14--14
Anastasia BasilMeet the Senator Who Blocked Gun Control While Students Lay Dying at Saugus High SchoolShe graduated from an all white “segregation” high school·4 min read·Nov 15, 2019--14--14