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It is not the standard in journalism to remove an entire story post publication, but that is what Refinery29 did on…
Feb 7 2019
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Ian Parker’s takedown of bestselling thriller writer Daniel Mallory in The New Yorker reads like a grocery store…
Jul 12 2017
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As a teen, you could have read the wholesome Seventeen magazine for a lot of reasons. Maybe it was the tasteful…
Jun 7 2017
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Usually, a personal essay is based on something that has happened in a writer’s life that is personal to them.…
May 30 2017
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When I was 13, I believed that I should have an arranged marriage. After overhearing me tell an incredulous friend…
May 12 2017
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Mary Cella
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I went to New York to interview for a job on HLN’s Nancy Grace in September of 2008, fewer than 48 hours after my…
Feb 1 2017
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Back from wandering the Chappaqua woods and enduring one of the most excruciating ceremonies in recent memory,…
Nov 21 2016
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Katharine Trendacosta
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I remember the exact moment that I connected internment with my family. I was in elementary school, and we had…
Oct 11 2016
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I have no daughters, but I have known several daughters in my life, and have a mother, a few women coworkers, plus a…
Sep 12 2016
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There are fewer than two months to go until election day, and the 2016 presidential campaign has finally completed…
Aug 30 2016
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The thing about me is that I don’t care that Anthony Weiner is in the news again for sexting. Sorry, but I fail to…
Aug 26 2016
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Here I am, a strong but thoughtful man who believes women deserve respect. And I never would have said it if it…
Aug 12 2016
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About one month ago, my coworker Joanna Rothkopf assumed the role of Features Editor at Jezebel dot com.…
Jul 15 2016
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Hearst has quietly shuttered The Mix, a submission program that allowed young and/or inexperienced, mostly…
May 20 2016
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On Thursday, xoJane published an essay titled “My Former Friend’s Death Was a Blessing,” which outlines a series of…
Apr 11 2016
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Melissa Valentine
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I recently received a text from my dead brother’s girlfriend. I still think of Dana as Junior’s girlfriend even…
Sep 14 2015
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On Sunday, September 13, 2015, actress and wedding guest Lindsay Lohan published a 248-word essay on Instagram about…
Oct 27 2009
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Over the summer, professional sharer Joyce Maynard, well, shared an essay about her uncommunicative daughter.…
Jan 22 2009
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This column's title pretty much says it all: "My Universe Loses a Star". The Drama (or lack thereof) of the empty…
Dec 29 2008
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I've stopped trying to define how the New York Times defines "love," modern or otherwise. Cause it's conspicuously…