ByMeghan McCarron

Meghan McCarron is a writer and editor living in Austin, TX. Her short fiction has been a finalist for both the Nebula and World Fantasy awards. She also obsesses about Austin restaurants as the editor of Eater Austin.

  1. Awkwardly Dapper: The Strange Exhilaration of Buying, and Wearing, a Suit

    ByMeghan McCarron

    in Fashion

    Standing in the men’s dressing room at Nordstrom, I am afraid I’ve made a mistake. My new suit from Topshop was designed for only the thinnest and cruelest of bargain-hunting British men. I am a five foot three American queer in Texas. The sleeves hang so far over my hands they disappear. The pants gape around my waist and cling to my ass. We have just spent $400 on this thing, and I look ridiculous.

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