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Tell Me, What Do You Think About You?
Natalie Serber surprises herself by repeating some of her mother’s regrettable choices.
May 12
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Natalie Serber
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Reclaiming My Late Father
After receiving a treasure trove of old photographs, Wendy L. Dodek gets a glimpse into the father she never knew.
May 3
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Wendy L Dodek
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April 2023
Crying, a Dissertation
While working on her doctoral thesis, Éireann Lorsung found herself crying constantly. Could she be a serious thinker if everything brought her to…
Apr 12
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Éireann Lorsung
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The Diagnosis and Surgery I had to Fight For
A series of doctors made it harder for me to learn about my severe uterine condition, and receive the hysterectomy I needed for it.
Apr 5
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Sari Botton
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March 2023
Ditching Perfect for Joy
What a Qigong Grandmaster, Meghan Trainor, and a pandemic pity party taught me.
Mar 22
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Marika Páez Wiesen
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In Defense of Sydney
Looking back at journal entries he wrote as a love-lorn closeted teen, Mike Albo finds kinship with a needy AI chatbot.
Mar 8
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Mike Albo
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In the Stormy Sea, a Life Preserver
Brooke Siem navigates her way through the undulations of antidepressant withdrawal and coral reefs.
Mar 1
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Brooke Siem
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February 2023
The Bedroom
In the midst of a pandemic-year DIY home renovation as a single mom, Kate Vieira wonders, what makes a house a home?
Feb 1
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Kate Vieira
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January 2023
Remember Us As We Were
For Kasey Payette, queer heartbreak leads to an investigation of burial practices, historical erasure, and what details of our lives will outlast us.
Jan 18
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Kasey Payette
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December 2022
Listen, and You Will Hear Pain Speak
In looking back on a marriage and years of physical agony, Liz Iverson decodes her own mind-body connection.
Dec 28, 2022
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Liz Iversen
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I Want to Be Approached by a Psychic Medium
Caitlin Bitzegaio longs for messages from her late mother—but will only trust them if they arrive unsolicited.
Dec 14, 2022
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Caitlin Bitzegaio
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November 2022
My Big Break
Jennifer Dines reviews—and redefines—an assault she experienced in her twenties.
Nov 23, 2022
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Jennifer Dines
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