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Culture Lit Thursday: The Map of Salt and Stars
Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar's debut novel tells the story of a modern-day Syrian refugee following the footsteps twelfth-century girl who aspired to be a mapmaker.
Life The Stockholm Syndrome of an Abusive Relationship
Two months after I got married, my husband put a shovel through my car window.
Life My Mom Didn’t Cook, and Neither Will I
An ode to an unconventional mother and a lifetime of takeout.
Culture Lies My Sister Told Me (Or How I Survived My First Wall of Death)
What it's like to be an African American metalhead.
Life Sixty and Climbing
Rediscovering my athletic side in my 60s has given me a new outlook on life.
Culture How CupcakKe’s Music Helped Me Through Sexual Trauma
“Understand that what you put in is what you get out / Respect only comes from what you allow.”
Life Learning to Love My Thighs
They ruin all my jeans. But they’re all mine.
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Health Lit Thursday: The Beginning of Everything
How I coped when doctors wouldn't believe the symptoms of my unrelenting headaches.
Culture Why We Can’t (and Shouldn’t) Live Without Cynthia Heimel
Her feminist musings had a massive influence on Gen-X. Here’s why Millennials should look her up.
Life Cecile Richards on How to Stay Sane in This Wild Political Moment
How the former president of Planned Parenthood does self-care.
Life Can a Pet Psychic Fix My Life?
How a pet psychic looked into my dogs’ minds — and helped me instead.
Life EX #3: Lukas
In her comic series, EX, author Linda Rosenkrantz investigates what went wrong with her ex-boyfriends.
Culture Is Kim Kardashian Responsible for an Increasing Number of Plastic Surgeries Among Black Women?
From health concerns to Kim Kardashian’s butt: a look at the uptick in cosmetic augmentation among black women.
Culture Half Waif’s Nandi Rose Plunkett Celebrates Love on Her New Album, Lavender
“Being so vulnerable creates an opportunity to see people and connect with people, which is a huge gift.”
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