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Mythos is an online magazine that publishes long-form, ideologically rigorous, and unconventionally glamorous conversations about womanhood.

We aim to create and archive women's history in their own words, without telling them to buy more lipstick —or anything else, for that matter.

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mythos, n. A body of interconnected myths or stories, esp. those belonging to a particular religious or cultural tradition. More generally: an ideology, a set of beliefs (personal or collective)

Latest Interviews

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31: Maryam Banikarim<br><small>global chief marketing officer</small>
race, family, class Sophia Richards
race, family, class Sophia Richards
31: Maryam Banikarim
global chief marketing officer
race, family, class Sophia Richards
race, family, class Sophia Richards

"I can speak up, but that doesn’t necessarily change people."

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race, family, class Sophia Richards
race, family, class Sophia Richards
30: Stephanie Danler<br><small>writer</small>
romance, right-brain, family Bindu Bansinath
romance, right-brain, family Bindu Bansinath
30: Stephanie Danler
writer
romance, right-brain, family Bindu Bansinath
romance, right-brain, family Bindu Bansinath

"I’m always telling women I know to take themselves out to dinner and to go on vacation alone...It came for me late, but it was not a hard transition. I found so much joy there."

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romance, right-brain, family Bindu Bansinath
romance, right-brain, family Bindu Bansinath
29: Maggie Rowe<br><small>writer and performer</small>
sexuality, religion, bodies Sophia Richards
sexuality, religion, bodies Sophia Richards
29: Maggie Rowe
writer and performer
sexuality, religion, bodies Sophia Richards
sexuality, religion, bodies Sophia Richards

"There was nothing retreating, there was nothing pure. She was not an innocent, she was just kind of raging."

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sexuality, religion, bodies Sophia Richards
sexuality, religion, bodies Sophia Richards

Latest Essays

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Good Hair (an endorsement of vanity)
Thylias Moss
Thylias Moss
Good Hair (an endorsement of vanity)
Thylias Moss
Thylias Moss

I quickly learned my hair was privilege; set me apart. Everything about me was different. Even my name. I was welcomed in places my mother, the little black one, wasn't.

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Thylias Moss
Thylias Moss

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