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Read This If You’ve Ever Wanted To Be A Writer (But Didn’t Know If You Were...
Write because you have something to say. Write because you’ve always wanted to. Write because you only just realized that you might die next week, or tomorrow, or five minutes from now, and you want to...
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The Phrase ‘Life Goes On’ Is Garbage
The main problem with life is that it goes on. And on. And on. People say that like it’s supposed to comfort you. Like, if you don’t get the job you wanted or your dog dies or the guy you’re so smitten...
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An Open Letter To My Son
You. Sometimes I wonder about you. I wonder, for instance, where you came from. I understand the dry facts, of course, the complex mechanics of ovulation and ejaculation. I understand how cells divide,...
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“I Knew That Shit Was Poison”: 12 People Describe What Paxil Did To Them As...
via fix_me Late last week the New York Times published an article titled Antidepressant Paxil Is Unsafe for Teenagers, New Analysis Says. After reading it through twice, I sent the link to my friend....
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Love Is Not Inherently Good: A Warning For Anyone Who Thinks It Will Be Easy
Shay Na The truth about love is that there is a part of you that honestly believes that giving away all of your love will – no, must – result in receiving some kind of equal love back. If you didn’t...
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What It Feels Like When Negative Self-Talk Creeps In
The Leftovers I know what it must sound like to you whenever those ugly words start pouring out of me. Every time I tell you that I’m so stupid, I’m a failure, everything is my fault and so on and so...
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What I Wish Everyone Knew About Sylvia Plath
Today is Sylvia Plath’s birthday. She would have been 83 years old today. Maybe in an alternate reality she’s living in a cottage somewhere at the edge of the cold, grey Atlantic where she paints and...
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Being A Girl: A Brief Personal History Of Violence
Liat 1. I am in the second grade. Our classroom has a weird open-concept thing going on, and the fourth wall is actually the hallway to the gym. All day long, we surreptitiously watch the other grades...
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This Is How To Talk To Your Son About His Body
Twenty20 / coastal_gal How to talk to your son about his body, step one: talk to your son about his body. Give him the vocabulary that he needs to communicate how he feels about himself. Teach him that...
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Life Does Not Always Move In Straight Lines
I used to think that my life would always move in a linear way, like an arrow rushing towards a target or a row of dominos collapsing in perfect order. I’ve never believed that everything happens for...
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