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  • Single People Aren’t Broken

    by Rebecca Sparrow
  • Your Life Might Not Look The Way You Thought It Would, And That’s OK

    by Christan Marashio
  • How I Came To Love Metrosexual And Hipster Men

    by Leah Berkenwald
  • What I Learned About Friendship After Going Through A Divorce

    by James Bernard Frost
  • Learn To Ask For What You Need

    By Charlie Glickman
    May 7, 2013

    This originally ran on Charlie Glickman’s website. Republished here with permission. I’ve been leaning into some edges lately and learning how to ask people for help. Specifically, asking people I don’t know well for things has been a difficult thing for me. It’s been coming up since I’ve been on tour for The Ultimate Guide […]

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  • I Dated A Don Draper

    By Christan Marashio
    May 3, 2013

    Women may be drawn to the Don Draper types, says Christan Marashio, but he’s an illusion. As he left my apartment he said that he didn’t want me to write about him. “But if you do write about me…” he tossed over his shoulder in his crisp British accent, “…call me Don Draper.” He was […]

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  • Do You Have To Choose Sides When Your Friends Break Up?

    By Sarah Erdreich
    May 2, 2013

    When you’re friends with both people involved in a break up, what’s the protocol for being a supportive friend to one without bashing the other? A few years ago, my husband introduced his friend Jack to Leila, a friend of a friend. (All names have been changed.) Leila and Jack began dating, and soon the […]

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  • The Problem With Puppy Love

    By Soraya Chemaly
    April 29, 2013

    Teaching kids that they are not entitled to anyone else’s affections may start sooner than you think. This falls into the category of “it’s never too early…” When one of my daughters was 8 a boy in her class developed a crush on her. He followed her around the playground, talked about his love for […]

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  • I Love Porn, But Where Are The Options Beyond ‘Sluts’ Getting ‘Slayed’?

    By Emily Heist Moss
    April 25, 2013

    More and more women are tuning in to porn, so why is so much of it still so misogynistic? “Want to watch porn tonight?” “Yes!” We settle in, pulling up one of the many aggregator sites available for people like us, looking to find some attractive strangers we want to watch get down. Let the […]

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  • The Difference Between The Appreciation Of Beauty and Sexual Objectification

    By Jamie Utt
    April 24, 2013

    This originally appeared on Everyday Feminism. Republished here with permission. As I come to the end of my first Minnesota winter, I have never been more excited for spring. Temperatures above 32 degrees! Sunshine on my skin! Long walks with my partner and the puppy! Even just writing this makes me freak out a little […]

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  • My Husband And I Sleep In Separate Beds

    By Jennifer Adams
    April 23, 2013

    This originally appeared on Mamamia. Republished here with permission. I’m going to lay my cards on the table straight away. My husband and I sleep in separate rooms and have done so since he moved into my house eight years ago. If I was going to describe our ability to share a bed in contemporary […]

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  • I’d Like To Ask The ‘Deranged Sorority Girl’ Why It’s A Woman’s Job To Entertain Men

    By Lynn Beisner
    April 22, 2013

    Lynn Beisner weighs in on the “deranged sorority girl” email that went viral last week. In a week packed with news, this so-called “deranged sorority girl” email still managed to go viral. It is from a senior sorority member to the rank and file members of the University of Maryland chapter of Delta Gamma. If […]

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