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IT HAPPENED TO ME: I Met My Husband Through a Sugarbaby Ad on Craigslist...
Thank you for posting on Craigslist Adult Gigs.I had been dating my boyfriend, Peter, for over a year when we were at a restaurant one night and his phone lit up with that email notification while he...
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In Praise Of “Scary” Women On Our TV Screens
Be afraid. Be very afraid. Television loves the scary woman. The camera lingers on her face for an extra beat as the perfectly-glossed lips purse and a groomed brow arches in sync with a...
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I Am About To Become a Stay-At-Home Parent and I'm Terrified
I am about to become a stay at home parent. I’m not going to write about the mommy wars, whether staying home is a “luxury,” the state of maternity/paternity leave in this country , etc. You guys are...
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Why Can’t I Find a Pair of Plus Size Jeans That Fit Both My Waist AND My Thighs?
You know that feeling of waking up on a lazy Sunday morning and reveling in the fact that you can just throw on a pair of jeans and a T-shirt and be ready to leave the house?That must be so nice for...
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My Current Top 5 British TV Shows I’ve Recently Discovered Thanks To Online...
When it comes to television tastes, I’m quite the Anglophile. Streaming titans Netflix and Hulu have made it possible to enjoy more British TV shows here in the States than ever before, and although my...
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WWJD: Jane Helps A Reader Who Isn't Hot For Teacher
This week's question brought me way back to my college days when I wasn't as comfortable standing up for myself as I am today. I hope you can help this reader deal with her situation and help her stand...
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I Went to a Japanese Doctor Who Doesn't Speak English and It Was Not What I...
I really wanted to be writing about my trip to Hong Kong. My amazing, emotional, gut-wrenching, possibly-changed-my-life trip to Hong Kong. But I wanted to do that post or posts justice, and my wits...
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Is Fashion’s Gender-Neutral Trend Really Just Butch Appropriation?
Ellen Page rocking "genderless" fashion on the red carpet.Recently, Styleite drew attention to an inspiring quip from your fave Ellen Page in this month’s Vogue Shape issue. “I used to feel this...
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The 13 Realest Moments Post-Chopping Off My Hair
Last summer, I got married. And like the cliche I am, shortly after my wedding, I chopped off all the hair I spent two years growing out. I'm talking enough to donate to Locks of Love... but of course...
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I Went To Cat Town Cat Cafe And All I Got Was This Lousy Tattoo
If you're anything like Louise, Claire, and me, you keep close tabs on the cat cafe scene — but there's one cat cafe that's particularly special and dear to my heart: Cat Town, located in North...
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EXHAUSTED? Here's How I Overcome Activist Burnout
Some days I have so much inspiration that I feel like I can accomplish everything and more. I'll pick up numerous freelance articles for the week and go to work planning, interviewing and writing them...
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OUTFIT OF THE WEEK: Friends 'N' Fashion
This week has been crazy busy and exhausting, but full of a ton of fun too. Here in Toronto we have our own Fashion Week going on, and the Canadian talent that is showcased every season always blows my...
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Let's Get Nostalgic In This Sepia-Toned, Sentimental, Obscurely Sorrowful...
I have spent this week alternating between two essential states: joyously jumping and down as the man-made tidal wave of Typhoon Lagoon approaches and breathing deeply to find my center while packed...
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READERS' CHOICE: Do Your Pets Ever Throw Shade? OR How Spondee Lets Me Know...
Writing this weekend column has got me dangerously close to over-anthropomorphizing my dog. It's an easy line to cross, considering that Spondee has what can only be described as eyebrows and he uses...
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9 Stories I Couldn't Get Anyone to Write About, Including Selling Sex to Pay...
"Stay in school, kids!"It's hard to get your writers to write for you when your phone is securely tucked in a zip lock bag and stuffed in a "rent-by-the-hour" locker at a waterpark. Also, I've got two...
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Can We Please Start Talking More Openly and Honestly About Periods?
This photo was removed twice by Instagram. A photo of a fully clothed woman lying in bed with a period stain on her clothes and sheets was removed twice by Instagram. Even though the photo...
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IMPORTANT WEEKEND QUESTION: What's Your Karaoke Song?
I got roped into singing "No Scrubs" when somebody had to leave early.As a former choir nerd who used to sing with an all-girl barbershop quartet, I've always liked karaoke. But since I've started...
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That Time The Checkout Guy Called The Pads I Was Buying His "Nemesis;" Does...
A couple weeks ago I was buying menstruation supplies at a popular big-box store when the probably-stoned youthful checkout dude got to the package of pads on the rolling conveyor belt, and gave a...
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IT HAPPENED TO ME: I'm Raising My 3 Kids Overseas And It's Not Always Easy
It was a straightforward plan: Take our three and one year-old to live in Europe, stay for a year, maybe two, and then return in time for the eldest to start school. Six years later, we’re still here...
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UNPOPULAR OPINION: Most of Us Aren't Beautiful So Let's Stop Saying We Are
If I read one more article that tells me I’m beautiful, I think I’m going to puke. Yeah, we’re all beautiful on the inside, but I’m sick of being told that we’re all beautiful on the outside too. We’re...
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