Our editor Lydia Kieslingwrites at The Cut about throwing away her senior prom dress. For more of her thoughts on femininity and growing up, read her piece about beauty and her daughter.
Cara DuBois
is an intern for The Millions. She is the managing editor of Concrete Literary Magazine at Emerson College, where she is pursuing a BA in Writing, Literature, and Publishing. She tweets at @Cara_DuBois.