Series: Inklings

Ancient Greece was rich with stories of queer love and genderfluid identity, but what can these ancient stories tell us about our contemporary world? Tales as old as antiquity—whether the love affair of Achilles and Patroclus, the genderfluid Tiresias, or the infamous Heracles—are still capturing our imaginations thousands of years later. But was antiquity's relationship with queer folk more complicated...

BFFs shows us that friendships can be the most important, loving, expansive, and emancipatory relationships in our lives, all with the help of our favourite TV, movie, and book besties. Friendship can be the foundation of our earliest memories and the source of our most formative moments. So why is it often seen as secondary to romantic or familial connection,...

Anthropologist Naomi Westerman was studying death rituals around the world when her whole family died. Upon losing those closest to her, Naomi Westerman saw that death was more than just an abstract academic concept; it was a deeply painful and personal experience. She became fascinated by loss and grief, and hoped to cope and demystify death by turning to history,...