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Reflections From a Token Black Friend

Reflections From a Token Black Friend

On structural racism, implicit bias, and what white people do (and don’t) say
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Ramesh A Nagarajah
Jun 4, 2020
As a Black Man in America, I Am Done Running

As a Black Man in America, I Am Done Running

The way white people see me is not how I see myself
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Lumumba Shabazz
May 30, 2020
Existing Within a System That Won’t Save You

Existing Within a System That Won’t Save You

The one time you fight back could be your last
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Stephonn Alcorn
Jun 4, 2020
My Journey Toward Radical Body Positivity

My Journey Toward Radical Body Positivity

Actor and activist Matt McGorry shares how he lost himself to diet culture — and what it took to come home
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Matt McGorry
May 21, 2020
I Am Too Dark to Be Seen

I Am Too Dark to Be Seen

At a gay club in the ’90s, I compete for attention with lighter-skinned men — and confront years of internalized racism
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Brian Broome
Apr 14, 2020
Weight Loss Surgery and the Unbearable Thinness of Being

Weight Loss Surgery and the Unbearable Thinness of Being

I learned the quiet heartbreak of losing someone who truly understood what it meant to live in a body like mine
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Your Fat Friend
May 5, 2020
I Owe My New Life to My Marine Husband’s Death

I Owe My New Life to My Marine Husband’s Death

He lost his leg to a bomb in Iraq and his life to painkillers back home
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Karie Fugett
May 21, 2020
I Had a Choice to Make: Andrew or My Eating Disorder?

I Had a Choice to Make: Andrew or My Eating Disorder?

For over a decade, the most important man in my life was the one in my head that told me not to eat too much
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Ivy Staker
May 5, 2020
I Miss My Barber

I Miss My Barber

It took me 25 years to get the cut I wanted. Maybe one day I’ll get it again.
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Laura Jayne Martin
May 14, 2020
What’s Keeping Me Going Is You

What’s Keeping Me Going Is You

Isolation has made me realize how vital human connections are
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Timothy Kreider
Apr 27, 2020
The Quiet Magic of Being 45

The Quiet Magic of Being 45

A dispatch from midlife
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Kate Green Tripp
Apr 16, 2020
I Miss Libraries

I Miss Libraries

At the library, you could say yes to everything
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Amy Shearn
Apr 28, 2020
What a Zoom Funeral Taught Me About Death

What a Zoom Funeral Taught Me About Death

As my daughters and I stared at a livestream of an open casket, I realized death is always remote
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Meg Conley
Apr 17, 2020
I Miss Overpriced Coffee

I Miss Overpriced Coffee

An ode to the experiences we took for granted
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Harris Sockel
Apr 22, 2020
Shine a Light on the Shadowplaces Within You

Shine a Light on the Shadowplaces Within You

A visual essay about seeing the world more clearly
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Maria-Lucilia Gorre
Mar 18, 2020
Keep Touching Yourself, Even if You Have a Partner

Keep Touching Yourself, Even if You Have a Partner

Masturbation isn’t selfish
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Riley Black
Apr 16, 2020
I Needed Courage to Leave the World My Parents Created

I Needed Courage to Leave the World My Parents Created

The Stuck Place was a place where honesty and emotion couldn’t survive
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Maryam Abolfazli
Feb 11, 2020
What Women Don’t Say

What Women Don’t Say

A conversation might sound one-sided, but there’s more beneath the surface than you’d think
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Priya
Sep 25, 2017
Four Years Ago, I Left My Friends Behind. Isolation Is Bringing Us Back Together.

Four Years Ago, I Left My Friends Behind. Isolation Is Bringing Us Back Together.

Finally, we live in the same city again — the city of singularity and loneliness and only speaking on Skype
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Ellie Slee
Apr 23, 2020
How We Talk to the Dead

How We Talk to the Dead

Two cemeteries, two cities, and a dispatch from the afterlife
Go to the profile of Sara Benincasa
Sara Benincasa
Apr 25, 2020
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