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The Rising Costs of the Trauma Industrial Complex

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7/12/17

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Blood and Guts in High School: How Seventeen Made 'Traumarama'

Hazel Cills

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6/7/17

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I Thought This Elite Daily Essay About a Girl Realizing Her Date Had Died in a Car Crash Instead of 'Ghosting' Her Was a Parody, But It Is Actually Real

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5/30/17

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Becoming an Unsuitable Girl

Prachi Gupta

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5/12/17

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I Grieved For My Mother On the Set of Nancy Grace

Mary Cella

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2/1/17

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Hillary Clinton's Writing a Book to Tell Us How It All Went Wrong

Aimée Lutkin

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11/21/16

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11/21/16

On The Internment of My Grandfather

Katharine Trendacosta

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10/11/16

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Hey, I'm No Hero, Just a Decent Man Who Has Never Grabbed a Pussy

Brendan O'Connor

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9/12/16

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This November, I'm Voting Third Party

Bobby Finger

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8/30/16

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The Cool Thing About Me

Kelly Stout

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8/26/16

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8/26/16

My Daughter Forced Me to See Women As People

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8/12/16

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8/12/16

I Stole My Coworker Joanna's Granola and It Tasted Great (A Snack Diary)

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd

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7/15/16

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7/15/16

Hearst Quietly Kills 'The Mix,' Their Personal Essay Tragedy Content Farm

Anna Merlan

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5/20/16

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xoJane Publishes Terrible Article By a Woman Who’s Glad Her Friend Died, Then Deletes Her Byline

Stassa Edwards

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4/11/16

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4/11/16

We Need a New Word for Survivor

Melissa Valentine

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9/14/15

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Lindsay Lohan Published An Essay About 9/11, Plenty of Other Things, to Instagram

Bobby Finger

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10/27/09

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10/27/09

She Said/She Said: Joyce Maynard's Daughter Takes 'Modern Love' Revenge

Sadie Stein

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1/22/09

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Your Daughter's Left For College? Cry Me A River

Sadie Stein

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12/29/08

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This Week In "Modern Love": Cancer, Drugs, & Cads

Sadie Stein

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12/15/08

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Modern Love: Deadbeats Or Sugar Daddies, Our Only Choices!

Sadie Stein

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The Rising Costs of the Trauma Industrial Complex

Blood and Guts in High School: How Seventeen Made 'Traumarama'

I Thought This Elite Daily Essay About a Girl Realizing Her Date Had Died in a Car Crash Instead of 'Ghosting' Her Was a Parody, But It Is Actually Real

Becoming an Unsuitable Girl

I Grieved For My Mother On the Set of Nancy Grace

Hillary Clinton's Writing a Book to Tell Us How It All Went Wrong

On The Internment of My Grandfather

Hey, I'm No Hero, Just a Decent Man Who Has Never Grabbed a Pussy

This November, I'm Voting Third Party

The Cool Thing About Me

My Daughter Forced Me to See Women As People

I Stole My Coworker Joanna's Granola and It Tasted Great (A Snack Diary)

Hearst Quietly Kills 'The Mix,' Their Personal Essay Tragedy Content Farm

xoJane Publishes Terrible Article By a Woman Who’s Glad Her Friend Died, Then Deletes Her Byline

We Need a New Word for Survivor

Lindsay Lohan Published An Essay About 9/11, Plenty of Other Things, to Instagram

She Said/She Said: Joyce Maynard's Daughter Takes 'Modern Love' Revenge

Your Daughter's Left For College? Cry Me A River

This Week In "Modern Love": Cancer, Drugs, & Cads

Modern Love: Deadbeats Or Sugar Daddies, Our Only Choices!

Netflix Just Picked Up 21 Studio Ghibli Movies, But Not In North America Or Japan

Studio Ghibli's Movies, Ranked

Dad Builds Custom Xbox Adaptive Controller So Daughter Can Play Zelda: Breath Of The Wild

The Rising Costs of the Trauma Industrial Complex

Blood and Guts in High School: How Seventeen Made 'Traumarama'

I Thought This Elite Daily Essay About a Girl Realizing Her Date Had Died in a Car Crash Instead of 'Ghosting' Her Was a Parody, But It Is Actually Real

Becoming an Unsuitable Girl

I Grieved For My Mother On the Set of Nancy Grace

Hillary Clinton's Writing a Book to Tell Us How It All Went Wrong

On The Internment of My Grandfather

Hey, I'm No Hero, Just a Decent Man Who Has Never Grabbed a Pussy

This November, I'm Voting Third Party

The Cool Thing About Me

My Daughter Forced Me to See Women As People

I Stole My Coworker Joanna's Granola and It Tasted Great (A Snack Diary)

Hearst Quietly Kills 'The Mix,' Their Personal Essay Tragedy Content Farm

xoJane Publishes Terrible Article By a Woman Who’s Glad Her Friend Died, Then Deletes Her Byline

We Need a New Word for Survivor

Lindsay Lohan Published An Essay About 9/11, Plenty of Other Things, to Instagram

She Said/She Said: Joyce Maynard's Daughter Takes 'Modern Love' Revenge

Your Daughter's Left For College? Cry Me A River

This Week In "Modern Love": Cancer, Drugs, & Cads

Modern Love: Deadbeats Or Sugar Daddies, Our Only Choices!