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Let Your Control Freak Flag Fly in This Very Open Thread
As you've probably already heard, there are changes happening at xos Jane and Vain as we careen toward hopefully finalizing a sale. I'd love to tell you exactly what's going on, but I can't say much (I...
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xoJaneBookClub: The Best American Non-Required Reading 2014
The Book Club is back! Yes, I know some of you thought it dead, but behind the scenes there was some shuffling and restructuring going on. I am your new book club host and this year in reading is going...
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I Am A Hairy Brown Man; Do You See A Terrorist When You Look At Me?
I only saw my endocrinologist once. I went for a prescription for testosterone, to generate changes that would mean I look and sound more male, essentially inducing a "second" puberty, the one I would...
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Tomboys & Tiaras: Why I Don’t Want My Daughter To Hate Pink
“Good thing you put a bow on her head, so we know she’s a girl.”A good friend sent me this text as a joke after seeing a photo of my daughter wearing a tiny silver headband with a bow on it. This...
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7 Stories I Couldn't Get Anyone to Write About Including #TheDress Domestic...
The following seven topics were suggested by lovelies Emily and Lesley and zero of our regular contributors wanted to write about them with a 10-foot-pole:The Smithsonian has banned selfie sticks. [BBC...
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The Importance of Making a God Box
Last month, my writing teacher Chloe Caldwell wrote about Zach Ellis’s new e-book, Being. The book is a short memoir on fatherhood, trans identity, rape, abortion and family. It’s funny and lyrical and...
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Why Does Amadeus Cho Look Like He's From A WWII Propaganda Poster?
So let's talk about comic book characters you'd ask to prom, then about World War II propaganda.Contrary to expectations, I wouldn't ask Batman to prom. I want to be Batman, not slow dance with him. My...
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Holy Crap, I Still Love The Weekends
As Jane mentioned in this week's Open Thread, there are changes underway. And that means changes for the weekend, too. Things are going to look a little different around here (some positions have been...
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5 Ways To Stay Close To Your Partner When You Travel Constantly For Work
"One moment, I’m busy!” Texting is one of the ways you can stay connected, even when you are far apart.The saying “Absence makes the heart grow fonder” is a total load of crap, and anyone who is away...
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IT HAPPENED TO ME: I Went On a Date On National Television
“Touch his arm,” said the cue card floating behind my date’s shoulder, where the cameras and television crew were watching, waiting.When producers from a respected daytime talk show Googled “bad date”...
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The Spring Beauty Trend That I Liked So Much I Stole It: Gradient Lower Lids
I find the word trend very triggering because nine times out of ten, the trend in question is recycled and boring. I know that all trends are inherently recycled, but I’m not talking about a certain...
View ArticleKristin Davis: I Just Spent the Last 7 Days Being Handcuffed on 10-Hour Bus...
In my first post, I described what it was like to self surrender to a Federal Prison. I also described what it was like for people who weren't allowed to self surrender and how truly awful the...
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IT HAPPENED TO ME: I'm A Demisexual
I grew up assuming that I was "normal." I thought that other people were like me and that I was like them. As I got older, though, I realized that something just wasn't quite right. I felt different...
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Hair Extensions Changed My Perspective on Hollywood Beauty
This is what celebrities’ hair looks like when it’s not glued to their heads.When I turned 10, my naturally blonde hair began fading to what a particularly cruel friend told me was “mouse brown.” I...
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Why "Kiki’s Delivery Service" Is a Secret Feminist Classic
Every so often you encounter something so sweet, fun, and generous of spirit that it catches you off-guard.A few months ago, right before Christmas, the movie Kiki’s Delivery Service did that to me.I...
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Growing Up With An Absent, Alcoholic, Mentally Ill Father Made Me A Better...
I would never wish addiction, suffering, or pain upon anybody. I would never want the circumstances my family and I experienced to be repeated in any sort of way. But the addiction and pain my father...
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4 Easy Ways I'm Surviving The Final Weeks Of Winter
Cheery last year in July.Wouldn't it be awesome if we could all just drop everything and jet off to a tropical island to wait out the coming of Spring? What a dream. Unfortunately, I have a job, and...
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IT HAPPENED TO ME: Zumba Helped Cure My Eating Disorder
My experience with eating disorders began as so many do: completely by accident.I spent the summer before my Senior year in high school on a community service trip in Ecuador that mainly consisted of...
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"Hairspray" And The Other Side Of Tracy Turnblad
The theatrical poster for the original 1988 release of John Waters’Hairspray featured two pairs of legs, one belonging to a man in dark pants and shoes, the other to a woman in a striped pencil skirt...
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