“Slow, slow-talking and with a melancholic sense of humor, my lover was in many ways my ideal of a man,” writes Maxine Swann in this week’s essay Modern Love.
“So when we were told to impersonate a man in my drag king workshop, he was the person that came to mind.”
Need Labor Day listening? Consider NPR’s podcast “Rough Translation,” whose new series explores the “Love Commandos,” a group in India that strove to protect and shelter young lovers on the run.