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Mark Sanford, Rom-Com Hero

He risked everything for love. That makes him braver than almost any other disgraced politician.

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'An Epidemic, Basically': A Conflicted Weight-Loss Blogger on #Thinspo

Paige Padilla, 17, explains what's really going on with that controversial "thinspo" hashtag, and why eliminating pro-eating-disorder content online might be harder than it seems.

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'Dear Mom, Thanks for Rocking Those Gigantic Varicose Veins, Which I Caused'

In search of a greeting card that does justice to the drastic, often permanent physical changes women's bodies undergo when they become mothers

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Do Readers Judge Female Characters More Harshly Than Male Characters?

A recent interview with author Claire Messud raises questions about how gender affects reading.

A Truly Inclusive Way to Answer the Question 'Where Do Babies Come From?' Seven Stories Press

A Truly Inclusive Way to Answer the Question 'Where Do Babies Come From?'

The new book What Makes a Baby offers an origin story for all children, no matter what their families look like.

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Why Unemployment Doesn't Stop People From Having Babies

The decisions to marry and parent have less to do with what's rational and more to do with the risky, unpredictable market of love.

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The Women Who Scooped Michael Pollan by 200 Years

Long before the modern food movement, Catharine Beecher, Ellen Swallow Richards, and many others tried to increase the public's estimation of home cooking.

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When Even Your Marriage Counselor Tells You to Get Divorced Wikimedia Commons

When Even Your Marriage Counselor Tells You to Get Divorced

James Braly and his wife stayed married for years, even though almost everyone in their lives urged them to split up. Why? And how did it feel when they finally did part ways?

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'Every Single Family in the World Is a Nontraditional Family'

An interview with Jennifer Finney Boylan about her transition from man to woman

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