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Version 1. A woman periodically travels back in time, only returning to her present timeline when she dies. In a present-day trip to a museum, she finds her histories rewritten through the male lens. Version 2. A woman time-traveler who periodically and involuntarily lives a whole other life in the past struggles to adapt to the present. Along with an eroding friendship and marriage, she becomes fixated with the erasure of women—and veracity—in our telling of history.

A man looks back on his father-in-law's life after he passes away, thinking of the many jobs he held and his military service.

In a future society of solely women who have found ways to reproduce and survive after a devastating plague, a young couple and their eldest daughter encounter four human males from Earth, and they anticipate the impending end of their matriarchal society.

A young woman begins to work for an influencer, Seraphina, who she secretly hates. After vicious gossip about Serphina and the young woman pops up on anonymous message forums, the young woman must decide just how far she'd compromise herself for this job.

A Jewish mother wants her daughter to marry well and have a better life, but her husband doesn't seem to care. After her other daughter passes away, she realizes she should not hesitate to make bigger sacrifices.

A young Native American man visits a burial site on a nearby island and must reflect on both his allegiance to his culture and to himself.

A man in a failing marriage embarks on yet another love affair with a married woman, teaching him about his own sexual escapist tendencies.

A mystic woman rules over her island and recounts the journey she took to get there. From Boston as a young, Black girl to a wealthy French estate owner, nobody can seem to take their eyes off of her.

A Black, southern house servant with internalized racism, joins her mistress on a visit to another region, where she observes Black people acting with something she abhors: autonomy.

A young woman tutors a rich thirteen-year-old girl, and their sessions together prompt the woman to reflect on her less-privileged teenage years and how she ended up with the job she has.