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IT HAPPENED TO ME: I Was Diagnosed With a Rare Lung Disease
"The CT scan revealed that you have a collapsed lung and you have thin-walled cysts on all lobes of your lungs," the doctor said. "I think you have a rare lung disease called lymphangioleiomyomatosis...
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Feminista Jones’s “Push the Button” is the “Fifty Shades of Grey” Alternative...
After the release of the book Fifty Shades of Grey, which is enjoying a resurgence with the opening of the movie adaptation this week, I had a very Daria Morgendorffer–esque impulse to despise it...
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RECIPE OF THE WEEK: Forget Valentine's Day! What Are You Making for...
Welcome back, party people. Last week, I asked you for dessert recipes that didn't require a stand or hand mixer, because mine is in storage. I guess I should have asked for recipes that "don't require...
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Kristin Davis: Federal Prison Is Nothing Compared to the Inhumanity of Rikers
I have been in in Federal Prison Camp for a few weeks now. However, this is not nearly as bad as my first jail experience which was in Rikers Island. I have spent a lot of time reflecting on that...
View ArticleAdnan Syed, Subject of Popular Podcast "Serial," Wins A Motion to Appeal His...
The conviction of Vanderbilt University rapists Brandon Vandenberg and Corey Batey drew a lot of interest from xoNews Readers. Today, I have an update. Batey recently gave a jailhouse interview to Dr....
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Stop Trying to Murder Your Zits and Start Giving Your Acne-Prone Skin Some TLC
At age 12, my 'za face emerged. Being one of the tallest girls in my class was already rough (puberty, amirite?), but suddenly, I was also the zittiest. I remember wishing so desperately for some...
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IT HAPPENED TO ME: I Am a Sperm Donor Baby and I Don't Care Who My Dad Is
My name is Lucy, I’m a 22-year-old student at Oxford University in the U.K., and my twin brother and I are "donor-conceived people." My mum’s first husband couldn’t have children, so we were conceived...
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Does True Love Mean Separate Bank Accounts? Why I Finally Combined Money With...
Here I am saving for a rainy day, i.e., not having any fun.Before I got married, I was financially independent for years. Not that I was in a position to give financial advice, as occasionally I lived...
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IT HAPPENED TO ME: I Ended Up Teaching in the Same Classroom Where I'd Been a...
I am a journalist. I am a broadcaster. I am a teacher. Stating I am these three things equally has been a slight challenge, because I’m still working out the real and full presence of that third one in...
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I Gave a Guy a List of All My Relationship Expectations on a First Date
I liked this date.Editor's Note: Mandy is working with PlentyofFish and writing about her dating life in the weeks leading up to Valentine's Day. She is receiving compensation for the project. This is...
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How Can Iggy Azalea Be “The Realest” When She Raps With a Fake Blaccent?
A couple years ago, I stumbled upon a song called “Work” by a white rapper I had never heard of named Iggy Azalea. The lyrics tell a story of how a young woman, determined to follow her dream of...
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DISPATCHES FROM THE PROZAC RABBIT HOLE: On My Surprisingly Fraught...
In its natural state, my hair is pin-straight, fine and dishwater blond. Until I was 15 or so, I wore it the same way, a bob of some sort just beneath the chin, sometimes bangs and sometimes not. I...
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WWJD: Jane Tells How to Deal with Finding Out (on Facebook) Your New...
Oh, I feel for this reader. One time my boyfriend thought he had hung up the phone but hadn't and that's how I found out he had another girlfriend he was living with who thought I was some crazed...
View ArticleHow I Finally Embraced Valentine's Day
Some people are built to be sappy. My sister, for instance. Her turn-ons include romantic comedies, diamonds, flowers, snuggling, and babies. An elaborate wedding proposal involving a Jumbotron, an...
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5 Things I Learned as a Fashion Week Photographer
This month, I am working my eighth season embedded in the photographers' pit as part of the International Press Corps. I started my career in fashion over two decades ago on the other side of the...
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xoFood: A Review of Sweetos, the Sweet Cheetos You Didn't Know You Needed
Have you ever been eating a bag of Cheetos, only to think "Man, I wish these were devoid of cheesy goodness and inexplicably sweet"? You have? Well in that case my friend, the good people at Cheetos...
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I CHEATED: How I Came to Be 27, Married, and Having Sex With a 19-Year-Old...
Twice a week I have the best sex of my life with a hot 19-year-old who called me his boss less than four months ago.Jake, the man I've been happily married to for the past 10 years, has no idea, and I...
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IT HAPPENED TO ME: I Had an Ectopic Pregnancy
I knew something was very wrong when I nearly blacked out after peeing Monday morning. Nope, not going to work today, I thought, and texted my boss letting her know I would be out. I thought that this...
View ArticleI Hate Giving Blow Jobs
I know that admitting my distaste makes me seem like an oddball prude, but I am tired of hiding it. I’m a 25-year-old woman, and I think blow jobs suck.I tried to like it. I subscribed to Cosmo,...
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FASHION DARE: I Wore Sneakers Covered in Poop Emojis
Let me preface this tale with honesty and full disclosure: I love attention and taking any opportunity for people to look at me.You also probably know that I love comments/compliments on my choice of...
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