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Why Does It Always Surprise People That I Wear the Financial Pants in the...
I keep hearing about people who support gender equality and having more women in traditionally male dominated roles. From celebrities, both female and male to those who work it on the hashtag campaigns...
View ArticleIT HAPPENED TO ME: I Was Filmed Unconscious For Reality Television
In October 2013, my life changed dramatically. After spending almost two years going through, and attempting to recover from a breakdown, I booked a one-way ticket to Sydney in the hopes of beginning a...
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Your Late Night Phone Use Is Probably Dangerous
Everyone needs and deserves downtime.While at work, are you constantly refreshing your email? You can admit it, we’re all friends here.Then, when you’re on your lunch break, you check it, what? One,...
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My Husband has ADHD and I Sometimes Hate Him for It
I'm not one who likes to hog the spotlight, but I do like a little house-lighting from time to time. Being married to someone who has ADHD is like being the understudy and desperately hoping the lead...
View ArticleWas North Dakota Legislator Randy Boehning the Victim of a Retaliatory Outing...
Meet Randy Boehning, a Republican Assemblyman from the great state of North Dakota. You probably hadn't heard of him until this week — unless you were in his legislative district — when he exploded...
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FASHION DARE: Wear A Prom Dress To Do Boring Everyday Things
I’m gonna be very frank with you—I get approached from time to time by people who make things and who want me to help them sell their things. I often say no.Companies have had PR departments working on...
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I Inadvertently Interviewed to Be My Ex-Husband's Boss
Last week, after almost a year of freelancing, I returned to a familiar position at the helm of xoJane's sister site, xoVain. Sure, I'd spent most of my freelance efforts writing and editing for...
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IT HAPPENED TO ME: I Got 36 Stitches In My Vagina Due to a Sex Accident
Karma is a bitch.When I was in college, I was in a semi-long distance relationship, if you could even call it that, with a guy who lived about 45 minutes away from me. He graduated a few years before...
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UNPOPULAR OPINION: Yoga is Not a Competitive Sport
I’ve always been a competitive person. In high school I played for the softball and tennis teams. Now, I take part in races and half marathons to chase that same thrill of victory or agony of defeat....
View ArticleKristin Davis: I've Been Moved "Inside the Wall" In Federal Prison
In prison speak, going "inside the wall" is the lingo used by inmates when they refer to entering a real prison facility. It is not about the actual wall surrounding the prison, but more about the...
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IT HAPPENED TO ME: I Was Widowed at 28
When I was 22, I met my husband, Pete. I was immediately drawn to his quick wit, his passion for life, and his ability to do anything he set his mind to. He seemed invincible. In the years that...
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Your Spanx Now Come With A Hearty Dose Of Feminism
Image Courtesy of TheSpanxBlogSpanx have long been seen as the purview of red carpet celebrities and women who enjoy the torturous feeling of having their internal organs compressed into one smooth,...
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The 8 Most Annoying Moments You Experience As A Single Parent
Most everyone would agree that single parenting is a hard gig. Not only is there an emotional aspect to it, but the workload is intense! As a single mother of two young children with no family support,...
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I Have Always Known I Didn't Want Kids, and Then I Fell For a Man With a Toddler
“No. Absolutely not. You’re not reading this,” my co-worker said last Friday, picking up the copy of Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed that had just arrived on my desk that morning, thanks to free...
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IT HAPPENED TO ME: I Needed a Social Worker and Then I Became One
My first psychiatric commitment was involuntary. I was 25 years old and I had been juggling three jobs while balancing the act of college town hipsterdom. Ah, yes, the quarter-life crisis writ large....
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Raise Your Voice In This All for You, All the Feels, Open Thread
Between Baltimore and Nepal (and millions of other lesser-sung ailing and concerning places), it's hard to start this week's Friday Open Thread with a funny office story or an account of the general...
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7 Stories I Couldn't Get Anyone to Write About, Including Unlawful...
As I mentioned in Open Thread, it's hard to pretend to be lighthearted when there are bigger things than the salacious stories my editors skipped over this week. With that in mind, I've included some...
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IMPORTANT WEEKEND QUESTION: What Food Can't You Be Trusted To Keep In the House?
I finally went to see a new psychiatrist! Sure it was after just a year of not being heard at my old one about my crippling anxiety, but we have a saying at the place I go for the drinking: Progress,...
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OUTFIT OF THE WEEK: It's Jumpsuit Season, Y'all
Ah, the rising temperatures this week meant one thing to me: jumpsuit season is here and I couldn't be happier.My collection has steadily grown over the years, from newish ones (like the H&M...
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A Selection of Random Things I’ve Impulse-Bought To Distract Myself From the...
My husband took this picture of me in our under-construction condo back in 2006.Earlier this winter we had a flood. While we didn’t lose much in the way of personal belongings, the flood did...
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