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Grandparents Camp: Flash Fiction

My parents got the idea they’d send me to stay at my grandparents’ house in Florida for a week. I think my mother needed a week to herself.

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The Myth Of Misandry

Like several other words in Webster's (pegasus, manticore, afterlife), "misandry" falls firmly into the category of “imaginary things.”

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Fellow Cis People: Let Leelah Speak—And Let's Get To Work

If the words of Leelah Alcorn's suicide note—penned by the tender hand of a teenager—make you uncomfortable, they should.

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Why Do We Mourn Robin Williams And Endlessly Mock Amanda Bynes?

Is 2015 the year we will finally take an honest look at our country’s dealings with mental illness?

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Fall Of The Machine Age: MMA Fighter Attempts Suicide in Jail

The cycle of un-addressed intimate partner violence in MMA continues for War Machine, now recovering from a suicide attempt.

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New Case Sheds Overdue Light on Ireland's Archaic Abortion Laws

A young woman became pregnant after being raped, was denied an abortion and then forced to undergo an emergency C-section.

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An Open Letter to the Media: Stop Your Irresponsible Coverage of Robin Williams' Death

It’s time to institute best practices for covering mental illness. Happily there are years of in-depth research designed to do just that. The media just ignore it.

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Paris Hilton Says She's Still Traumatized by Revenge Porn 

It's the 10th Anniversary of 1 Night In Paris, the sex tape heard round the world. Hilton stands by her innocence, so why don't we believe her?

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