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IT HAPPENED TO ME: I Couldn’t Handle Life as a Military Girlfriend
I was trying my hardest . . . but it didn’t seem to be working.My boyfriend and I had only been dating for six months — all of them long-distance — when I decided to move 14 hours away from my home to...
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Why I'll Never Have Kids in NYC
I don't hate kids. I really don't. In fact I can say in full confidence that I like them. It's only once a month that I curse kids as unsocialized apes and wanna bite their digits off with my bare...
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New Obesity Guidelines Advocate Treating Fatness First, All Other Conditions...
In college, there was a running joke that whenever you went to Student Health for anything, the first question out of the clinician's mouth would be "Are you pregnant?" followed by "Are you sure you're...
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WWJD: Jane Helps You Decide Whether to Open Your (Sexless) Marriage
I've been trying to do too many things this week — more meetings than usual, making myself finally write a speech I'm giving next week, making Charlotte dinner/Nutella sandwiches — and generally moving...
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I'm Trying My Damnedest to Buy American-Made Clothing From Now On
Maybe you’ve heard stories of overseas garment factories collapsing, about the prevalence of sweat shops and child laborers; maybe you haven’t. I’m not here to guilt-trip anyone. However, one of my own...
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I Can't Stop Dressing Like it’s 2003 And I Desperately Need Help
Once, when I was seven, my parents removed an ancient dresser with paint stains and chipped edges from my bedroom to make way for a nice, new dresser. I stayed up all night, curled up in the hallway...
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How to Set Up a S'mores Bar For Your Next Gathering
If you follow me on social media, you may have noticed that I've been stuffing my face with a bunch of s'mores. Truth be told, there's been a lot of s'mores innovation at my place. I'll never forget...
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On Chatting With Fundamentalists, Lusting After Sarah Palin, and Living to...
My history includes: growing up born-again Christian, two summers of a distinctly harsh fundamentalist boot camp experience (actual motto: "Get Dirty for God, Go Lay a Brick"), a try at Bible College,...
View ArticleNo Federal Civil Rights Charges Likely Against Darren Wilson
If you like delicious imported European chocolates, stock up on your sweet treats because Hershey’s is about to melt away some of your favorites. If you’ve been following the many Bill Cosby rape...
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15 "Lady Mag" Articles I Don't Want to Read in 2015
The first serious argument I had with one of my roommates was over something so dumb, another roommate (a comedian) put it in her standup routine."Did you throw away my magazines?" I asked the culprit...
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It’s 4 A.M. And I Don't Know Where My Husband Is -- Is Our Separate,...
It’s 3:30 a.m., and I am staring at the ceiling wondering where my husband is. It’s the night of his Christmas party, a yearly event in which spouses aren’t invited. He works with many young, nubile,...
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IT HAPPENED TO ME: I Spent New Year's Eve in the ER Thanks to Precipitated...
So I'm pretty sure it isn't news to anyone at this point that heroin is back in a big way. A slew of articles came out in 2014 about the “New Face of Heroin,” and I'm not going to waste your time by...
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How to Organize Your Fridge Like a Boss
I’m the type of person who constantly looks for household spaces to improve: I want a better-organized desk, better-organized cabinets, better-organized closets. But the one household space that drives...
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I Am a Professional Bridesmaid, A.K.A. the Real-Life Female Version of "The...
The other day, with a bag of freshly popped and buttered popcorn in my hand, I went to watch a film that fictionalizes what I do in real-life. A job that almost nobody else in the world does.I’m a...
View ArticleIT HAPPENED TO ME: An Airport Encounter Forced Me to Reconsider How I Feel...
That woman is so L.A. Here in the Delta terminal at LAX, waiting to board the 6 a.m. flight to Milwaukee, I watch the personification of my former friends — the lost souls who moved to this city from...
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OUTFIT OF THE WEEK: The Great Closet Clean-Out
For the last few weeks, my friends have not stopped talking about Marie Kondo. Marie is an organizational consultant who wrote the book "TheLife-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of...
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Not-So-Overnight Successes: 3 Rising Beauty Industry Stars You Need to Know...
We live in a world of DIY, start-ups, freelance, and “I run my own company of me.” But how do you make it work? How do you go from the desire to work for yourself doing what you love to being...
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Fall in Love (or Just Have Sex) With This Open Thread
I sadly don't have time to write a rambling open thread intro for you this week. Which means: Way less to make fun of. And way more flexibility to make this comment thread proof of your brilliance and...
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Those Kitchen Hack Articles Are Useless to Me; Here's What Worked in My Kitchen
Despite the occasional cold snap (by which I mean the kind of weather the rest of you would probably laugh at me for finding cold), it’s pretty much hitting on springtime in Orlando. And with the...
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How We Handle Laundry and Dishes in Our 250-Square-Foot Home
Living in an extremely small space has its challenges (especially so when it's two people), and no challenge is greater than that of keeping up with laundry and dishes. There really is no room for...
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