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Celina Pereira I Needed a Job. He Asked If I Was Proposing Marriage.
Trump pardoned the man who sexually harassed me. Will I now spend the rest of my life looking over my shoulder?
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Simoul Alva Did COVID-19 Mess Up My Heart?
I got sick six months ago. Now I can barely make it up the stairs.
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Adam Maida I Got Fired Over Zoom
It’s as unpleasant and awkward as you’d imagine.
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Courtesy of Deborah Copaken On Top of Everything Else, My Dog Died
Mourning a pet when so many humans are dying might feel unseemly, but loss is loss, and it’s okay to feel it.
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Brian Shumway / Redux How Are Parents Supposed to Deal With Joint Custody Right Now?
The rules of the pandemic require every person to stay put in one household. The laws of joint custody require the exact opposite.
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Courtesy of Deborah Copaken My Whole Household Has COVID-19
“The thought of simply breathing in and out without coughing and reuniting with my children ... is goal enough. To—literally—live and let live will be enough.”
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Neville Elder / Corbis / Getty The Glorious, Messy Life of Liz Wurtzel
Even before her wild literary success, it was clear to those of us who knew her that she was a force to be reckoned with.
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Lisa Mosconi What Menopause Does to Women’s Brains
Two-thirds of Alzheimer’s patients are women. My foggy 53-year-old brain could help explain why.
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Matthew Shipley The DIY Divorce
How I got divorced without hiring a lawyer
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Left: Shannon Stapleton / Reuters. Right: Courtesy of … I Spent $925 on a Fake Canada Goose Coat
A winter splurge turns into an e-commerce nightmare.
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Deborah Copaken Finding a Way Through an Unspeakable Loss
Maddy’s mother and I became friends right after our children were born. Now Maddy’s gone, and so is the world we lived in.
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Dave Kotinsky / Getty What I Learned About Life at My 30th College Reunion
“Every classmate who became a teacher or doctor seemed happy,” and 29 other lessons from seeing my Harvard class of 1988 all grown up
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Little, Brown Spark The ‘Untrue’ Woman
A new book makes the case for the primacy of the female libido, and for a societal reckoning with that reality.
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Michael S. Williamson / The Washington Post / … My Rapist Apologized
The Kavanaugh allegations led me to reach out to the man who had assaulted me decades before.
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Jose Cabezas / Reuters What Sea Lice Taught Me About Life
My encounter with them was surprisingly meaningful. And itchy.
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Dola Sun Three Children, Two Abortions
What a woman chooses to do with her body should not be up for debate in 2018.
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inLite Studio / Shutterstock / The Atlantic How to Lose Your Job From Sexual Harassment in 33 Easy Steps
The distance between a dream gig and a nightmare can be tiny when you have no power.
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