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Why I Buried My Siblings Alive

Why I Buried My Siblings Alive

Some pasts, once escaped, are too hard to revisit
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erika salkind
Nov 28, 2018
You Don’t Have to Forgive an Abusive Parent On Their Deathbed

You Don’t Have to Forgive an Abusive Parent On Their Deathbed

Telling me to forgive my dying father means erasing the years of abuse I suffered at his hands
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Bobbi Dempsey
Aug 13, 2019
Proverbs Updated for Modern Dating

Proverbs Updated for Modern Dating

‘A ship in the harbor is safe, but your ship is the reason I slid into your DMs.’
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Sara K. Runnels
Jul 23, 2019
To My Almost-Ex-Husband’s New Girlfriend

To My Almost-Ex-Husband’s New Girlfriend

You should know that both his story and mine are completely true
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Elizabeth de Montréal
Jul 1, 2019
When You Realize What (Else) You Are

When You Realize What (Else) You Are

In their eyes
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Ben Kassoy
Aug 9, 2019
A Study in Gaps

A Study in Gaps

Finding meaning in the spaces between
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Leah Pellegrini
Aug 8, 2019
When Your Body Is Like My Body

When Your Body Is Like My Body

On queerness and symmetry
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M. B. Moorer
Apr 3, 2018
What Love Means After My Brother’s Suicide

What Love Means After My Brother’s Suicide

After losing my brother, I learned to rethink love
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Cindy Brzostowski
Aug 6, 2019
How to Date Me (and My Dead Husband)
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How to Date Me (and My Dead Husband)

A simple guide for a complicated situation
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Lauren Mauldin
Oct 23, 2018
How Would You Handle a Death Sentence?

How Would You Handle a Death Sentence?

If you’re like my husband, you’d spend your last year preparing everyone you love for life without you
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Kimberlee Murray
Aug 5, 2019
The Peculiar Loneliness of Parenting an Atypical Child

The Peculiar Loneliness of Parenting an Atypical Child

For outsiders, it’s easy to assume we haven’t tried
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Rachael Hope
Aug 2, 2019
When You Teach a Boy to Fish

When You Teach a Boy to Fish

How my uncle’s generosity — and love of the sea — inspired me for a lifetime
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Carl Safina
Aug 1, 2019
Straight Was Math, Queer Is Art

Straight Was Math, Queer Is Art

When I knew myself as straight, life seemed logical and uncomplicated
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Kristen Pizzo
Jul 31, 2019
When My Husband Became My North Star, I Lost Myself

When My Husband Became My North Star, I Lost Myself

He set the course for both our lives — until I started navigating for myself
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Karie Luidens
Jul 26, 2019
A Cease and Desist Letter to Myself

A Cease and Desist Letter to Myself

Please stop telling my client that she is unworthy
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Sam Kimberle
Jul 21, 2019
An Appeal for a Grade Change, a Lifetime Later

An Appeal for a Grade Change, a Lifetime Later

After 2 children and 45 years of marriage, I would like to appeal my C grade in ‘Marriage and the Family’
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Bonnie Rubin
Jul 25, 2019
Getting Engaged Is Embarrassing

Getting Engaged Is Embarrassing

I’ve never been congratulated more for doing less
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June Beaux
Jul 9, 2019
When I Reported My Rapist, My Father Failed Me

When I Reported My Rapist, My Father Failed Me

I wanted his love and support — he wanted vengeance
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Miranda G. Triay
Jul 22, 2019
He Survived, But I Still Grieve

He Survived, But I Still Grieve

Ever since the accident, I mourn life before fear
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Bethany Marcel
Jul 18, 2019
The Art of Being There

The Art of Being There

How to support a grieving friend when you aren’t sure what to say
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June Beaux
Jul 18, 2019
I Will Carry You With Me

I Will Carry You With Me

Because I don’t have a choice
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Ben Kassoy
Jul 17, 2019
How I Crowdsourced My Travel Notebook

How I Crowdsourced My Travel Notebook

There was nowhere to go but everywhere
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Leslie Finlay
Jul 17, 2019
coming home

coming home

I kept having the same dream of myself, arms outstretched, grasping — but for what?
Go to the profile of Abby Kloppenburg
Abby Kloppenburg
Jul 16, 2019
The Day That Split Us in Half

The Day That Split Us in Half

I no longer count the minutes, the hours, that have passed since I talked to you
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Emily Cashour
Jul 15, 2019
I Dream of Grandmotherhood

I Dream of Grandmotherhood

My desire to be the family matriarch is complicated by the fact that I’m not a mother
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elana.rabinowitz
Jul 11, 2019
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