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Someone who I have never met asked me the other day over email if they could just pick my brain for a few minutes... Read...

Every child needs to know that they have an unlimited source of support in their parents, who will love and accept them no matter how badly they’ve failed. Read...

Does anyone else feel like it’s tough to make new friends once you get older? You’re not alone in that feeling. Read...

I'll never forget the time someone told me to "stick a tampon in it" — that I was being "crazy" because my "hormones must be through the roof." Read...

With so many schools across the country closed — and little reason to think they’ll be reopening anytime soon — parents today are forced to get creative about managing their children’s educations at home. Read...

Women are always enduring the unwarranted, unsolicited opinions of others on how they should live their lives. Read...

This article by Liv McConnell first appeared on Fairygodboss and has been republished with permission.

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Not to contribute toward society’s habit of picking apart feminine communication patterns, but I’ll say it: in my own life, at least, the tendency to over-apologize was something I had to put effort into unlearning. 

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This article by Una Dabiero first appeared on Fairygodboss and has been republished with permission. 

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You spend hours with your colleagues at work — usually more time than you spend at home. And when you’re in such close quarters with people, you’re just bound to find a few of them annoying sooner or later. But when someone’s behavior is really bothering you (or even the people around you), is it really worth it to bring it up?

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Financial anxieties are on the rise and, for many of us, triggering memories of the last recession we lived through, in 2008.  Read...

The reality is that not everyone wants children. Read...