Memoir

The Reality Of Chronic Pain Is Different From The Movies

We are all one bad fall, one car accident, one bodily breakdown from living within a place that is largely unimaginable to those who aren't there.

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Baku Baku Baby: A Life Growing Up In Azerbaijan

My uncles Yasha and Chanukah are sitting around the apartment in their white briefs as usual.

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Brows 2000 and 2015

The Agony & The Ecstasy Of Lifelong Brow Obsession

They start dark and unruly at the inner corners, then turn blonde about half way through and form the vague shape of a balding, albino caterpillar.

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Depression Stole My Ability To Imagine A Different Tomorrow

I could tell my therapist that tomorrow I will eat toast for breakfast instead of a bagel, and technically I will have done what she's asked.

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My Father Never Said I Love You, But I'll Be Different

I realized my father was from a generation that never said those three little words. He was saying he loved me without them. But I didn't realize it then.

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How Yoga Helped Me Battle Anorexia

In order to raise awareness for National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, we've partnered with NEDA (

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When Self-Destruction Meets Writerly Self-Doubt: A Book Review Of Women

Chloe Caldwell writes in such an honest way that Women reads like a journal entry.

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Saying Goodbye To My Imaginary Ex-Boyfriend

Last week was my imaginary ex-boyfriend's birthday. January 2, to be exact. I only know this because Facebook told me so. I had forgotten about him.

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