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What My Grandmother Left Behind
What My Grandmother Left Behind
How grief changed everything — and why I’m grateful for it.
Patatamus Synonymus
Mar 12
The Mean Girl In My Head
The Mean Girl In My Head
Can’t live with her, can’t live without her.
Candice Lynne Fox
Mar 12
We’ll Always Have Stockholm
We’ll Always Have Stockholm
Coming to Terms with Childhood Trauma
CK Brestman
Mar 12
Quiet Aches That Happen in Your Thirties
Quiet Aches That Happen in Your Thirties
Silent, heavy burdens no one admits.
Paul Dermody
Mar 12
These Are The Days For Tragic Optimism: Part 2
These Are The Days For Tragic Optimism: Part 2
Finding hope to fend off despair
Mindy Stern
Mar 7
The VA Destroyed My Body — And No One Will Help Me
The VA Destroyed My Body — And No One Will Help Me
How a Routine Surgery Stole My Identity, My Health, and My Future
David Lee Condrey
Mar 6
LSD, Tibetan Buddhism, and the Cosmic Joke of Being
LSD, Tibetan Buddhism, and the Cosmic Joke of Being
10 years ago, I took my first psychedelic trip — an initiation into the great cosmic joke. It jarred me so thoroughly that I translated…
Olena Klymenko
Mar 6
Lessons from an Old Man
Lessons from an Old Man
Wisdom from Appalachia
Jerry Nelson
Mar 6
Big Girl Diaries
Big Girl Diaries
If it’s free, you’re probably the product.
Phenny Mwaisaka
Mar 6
How to Signal Virtue
How to Signal Virtue
We cannot erase trans and disabled people
Roblin Meeks
Mar 6
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