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In the Line of Fire: How My Best Friend’s Death Taught Me to Live
In the Line of Fire: How My Best Friend’s Death Taught Me to Live
Facing survivor’s guilt, finding redemption, and learning to embrace life after the ultimate sacrifice
Benjamin Sledge
May 24
Congratulations to All the Participants but I Have Once Again Won the Colonoscopy Contest
Congratulations to All the Participants but I Have Once Again Won the Colonoscopy Contest
Notes on a Colossal Colonoscopy Competition
Andrew Knott
May 18
Meditation and Me, Me, Me
Meditation and Me, Me, Me
A funny thing happened on the way to enlightenment
Vivian McInerny
May 17
How 15-Year-Old Me Severed Ties with Toxic Femininity
How 15-Year-Old Me Severed Ties with Toxic Femininity
Chopping off my own hair was my first act of gender expression and heteronormative resistance
Maya Strong
May 16
Mending the Mistranslated Meanings of Mother’s Day
Mending the Mistranslated Meanings of Mother’s Day
How a quote on a wall changed it all.
Ali Hickerson
May 12
Hi, I’m the new editor of Human Parts
Hi, I’m the new editor of Human Parts
And I want to read your writing
Jay Ludlow (fmr. Laura Jayne) Martin
May 10
The Inevitability of Bullets
The Inevitability of Bullets
I cannot stop thinking about the inevitability of bullets How they will leave us in pieces, in shadow, in splinters
The Unlikeables
May 9
On Having Friends Who Still Diet
On Having Friends Who Still Diet
It’s difficult having friends who still diet.
Savala Nolan
May 9
Separation Anxiety: It’s Not Just for Toddlers
Separation Anxiety: It’s Not Just for Toddlers
Sometimes, Adults Need Something to Cuddle Too
Kate Stone Lombardi
May 9
I’m Afraid to Move
I’m Afraid to Move
On all the places we are afraid to leave.
Adeline Dimond
May 2
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