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I'm Living Proof That Nagging Can Ruin Your Kid's Future Relationship
If the Olympic games offered nagging as a competitive sport, my mother would take the gold, silver and bronze. In fact, if there were a lifetime achievement award for this time-honed skill, I'm sure...
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My Trip to Hong Kong Changed My Life
I'm not sure, but I think I was holding my breath from the moment I exited the airplane to the moment I stepped through the arrival gate. I thought maybe I was romanticizing sense memories. The feel...
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Stigmatizing Depression Is Not Going To Help Us Understand What Germanwings...
A funny thing happened on the way to the de-stigmatization of depression. On one hand, more and more people are coming forward to say that depression is a real, treatable illness that we live with and...
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As A Vegan, I'm Forever a Work in Progress
To me, veganism is about progress, not perfection. As a vegan, I don't eat meat, fish, dairy, eggs, or honey. I don't buy leather goods or clothing. I go out of my way to support vegan restaurants and...
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WWJD: Jane Helps A Reader Move On After Her Ex Overdoses
I opened this text after dropping Charlotte at school this morning, before I had even started to drink from the huge however-many-ounce travel coffee Thermos thing that I fill up in her school...
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CREEPY CORNER: The Black Eyed Kids
If there was a Creepy Corner Senior Community, you KNOW we'd have to have Creepy Corner Bingo. Dressed in my stringy-haired Yurei best, I'd turn the bingo cage and call out the special bingo squares on...
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IT HAPPENED TO ME: I Got Addicted to Chocolate And Gave It Up for 12 Years
I had never liked the word “chocoholic,” a cutesy back-formation that brought to mind the comic strip Cathy. But it was the only word available for my condition. I had just consumed, in less than 24...
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Three Looks From Revlon's New Shadow/Liner Duo That I Thought Was A Nail Art...
I’m sure you guys have seen those little double-ended nail art brushes from Revlon that come with a nail color on one end, and a glitter top coat with a little detailing brush on the other. Cute,...
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I Tested Demeter's "New Baby" Scent and Everybody Thought I Smelled Sexy
I'm no fragrance historian — there are, like, what, four of those in the whole word? — but I think it's safe to say that perfume and cologne have been used for centuries primarily to enhance...
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IT HAPPENED TO ME: I Am in a Long-Distance Marriage
My husband, Gabe, and I probably have what many of our friends would call a really solid marriage. We’re never afraid to talk about what we’re really feeling; we complement each other in all the right...
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Facebook Won't Stop Harassing Drag Queens About Using Their “Birth Names”
Remember that time last year where everyone was pissed off at Facebook for freezing drag queens and trans* people out of their accounts unless they changed their name to the name on their birth...
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The Life of An International Fashion Model Is A Glamorous Lie -- Trust Me, I...
My comp card and polaroid backstage at Paris fashion week.It was after a coked up 13-year-old arrived at the agency with dark circles under her eyes and a boyfriend 10 years her senior that I had my...
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I Bought a "Haunted" Doll on eBay And Tried To Communicate With It And I Am...
“I don’t want some demon in our house!” came the panicked complaint from my roommate, who, as the rational person I know her to be, I hadn’t expected would be so freaked out by the ghost I’d bought on...
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Having a Day Job Doesn't Make Me Any Less of an Artist
I’m a writer. I’ve been freelancing full-time on and off for about 15 years. It’s been great; I’ve talked to a lot of great people, seen a lot of really amazing things, gotten into shows for free, made...
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Do You Prefer Female Gynecologists? Tattoo Artists? Therapists?
"Do you prefer to go to female gynecologists?" I asked my tattoo artist last night. It was actually one of the less unusual topics we'd discussed, considering we had also been talking about mourning...
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IT HAPPENED TO ME: I Met My Soulmate on Tinder and Married Him 6 Weeks Later
This is what crazy metal kids wear to elope with like 3 days notice 6 weeks after meeting on Tinder.On February 12th, 2015, Elliot and I began chatting on Tinder. Eighteen hours later, we met in real...
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UNPOPULAR OPINION: I Look at My Cell Phone Instead of Playing with My...
At my age rarely a week goes by that an article doesn’t pop up in my news feed to warn me of the danger cell phones pose to my children. Not actual physical danger like texting while driving, but...
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I’ll Try Anything Once: I Fed My Kids Gwyneth Paltrow-Approved Healthy Snacks
Like every other mother I know, I’m constantly vowing to do better when it comes to food. It’s bad enough to hit the McDonald’s drive-through when you’re a fancy-free young single lady; once you have...
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IT HAPPENED TO ME: I Did a Boudoir Photo Shoot at 300 Pounds
Nearly 300 pounds of me in a slutty Freddy Krueger Halloween costume and I felt dead sexy.I've been fat since I was a preschooler. I've also suffered low self-esteem since early childhood. I beat...
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Here’s Why Alpaca Soap Should Be The Only Type Of Soap To Exist
Have you ever seen an alpaca? They’re basically sheep llamas with really kind temperaments and soft fluffy fur. Baby alpacas (called “cria”) have long eyelashes and look like this: Fun fact: Cria like...
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