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I'm A Man With Anorexia—I'm Not "Manorexic"

I would look in the mirror, hate what I saw, and know that I did it to myself.

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This Is What Happens When Your Family Decides To Get A Dog

If my wife and son had thought bubbles above their heads, like in the comics, you would be able to read them saying, "dog dog dog dog dog dog dog."

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Meet Our New Everything: Carmen Dell'Orefice, The 83-Year-Old Working Model

Get your votive candles ready because we're going to build a shrine.

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My Feminist Fails

I’m not a perfect feminist, which is consistent with my status as not being a perfect anything.

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That Time I Got Violently Ill On Christmas—And Learned Something I'll Never Forget

I got food poisoning the day of Christmas, at age 8.

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Watch: Pregnant Protester Takes Down Anti-Abortionists

"You don't know why people are doing what they're doing . . . I think this is so wrong, on so many levels."

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"Little Slut": A Tale Of Teenage Sexual Harassment

During dinner one night Abe turned to me calmly and asked, "Giana, are you having sex yet? I'm curious." I nearly spit out my food.

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The Stich In My Side: Renavigating Racial Identity Through Lilo & Stitch

This film had the power to help me process my own childhood as a second-generation Japanese American.

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