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Why I Don't Tell People I Was In A Cult
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I Don’t Know What I Weigh: The Case For Stepping Off The Scale
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Why Men Need To Feel Their Feelings
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On Survivor's Guilt
By Emily Rapp
I Have An Eating Disorder And No One In My Life Knows
By Kristen ForbesMay 14, 2013
Kristen Forbes has been quietly dealing with her binge disorder in therapy and felt that she earned the right to keep it to herself, but she wants and needs help. "Do you want to jump?" My boyfriend and I gazed at tall rocks overlooking the turquoise ocean in Hawaii. After driving on the road to Hana for hours, we were out in the salty air, feeling the heat of the sun as it pressed down on us...
An Open Letter To Angelina Jolie
By Steph HMay 14, 2013
Steph, who had a preventative mastectomy to reduce her risk of breast cancer, welcomes Angelina Jolie to the sisterhood. Dear Ange, First off, can I call you that? Ange? Because we're practically sisters at this point. I'll take that as a yes. Moving on. Until yesterday, Ange, you and I had approximately three things in common: we are both, ostensibly, of the same species; we both married ve...
Everyone Has Their Own 'Right' Road
By Emily RappApril 30, 2013
Traditional milestones no longer accurately reflect the reality of our lives—moments of true growth happen when you weren't planning for them. What is a milestone? Any range of television commercials will tell you that it is (not necessarily in this order, but in keeping with the fiction of this whole notion), finding your soul mate, getting married, buying a home at a good interest rate...Want to Start Talking?
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