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The Rising Costs of the Trauma Industrial Complex

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Blood and Guts in High School: How <i>Seventeen</i> Made 'Traumarama'

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

Hazel Cills

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Jun 7 2017

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6/7/17

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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May 30 2017

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Becoming an Unsuitable Girl

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May 12 2017

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5/12/17

I Grieved For My Mother On the Set of <i>Nancy Grace</i>

I Grieved For My Mother On the Set of Nancy Grace

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Feb 1 2017

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2/1/17

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

Aimée Lutkin

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Nov 21 2016

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11/21/16

On The Internment of My Grandfather

Katharine Trendacosta

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Oct 11 2016

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10/11/16

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

Brendan O'Connor

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Sep 12 2016

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This November, I'm Voting Third Party

Bobby Finger

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8/30/16

The Cool Thing About Me

Kelly Stout

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Aug 26 2016

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8/26/16

My Daughter Forced Me to See Women As People

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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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Jul 15 2016

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7/15/16

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

Anna Merlan

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May 20 2016

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5/20/16

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

Stassa Edwards

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Apr 11 2016

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4/11/16

We Need a New Word for Survivor

Melissa Valentine

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Sep 14 2015

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9/14/15

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

Bobby Finger

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Oct 27 2009

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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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Jan 22 2009

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1/22/09

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

Sadie Stein

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Dec 29 2008

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12/29/08

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

Sadie Stein

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At Last, Some Good News: Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli Lost Money on Their House

Mother of Florida Teen Who Died from Covid-19 Didn't Believe Kids Needed Masks, Took Cues from QAnon

Goodbye Pier 1, the Imperialist Fantasia Rendered in Wicker

Refinery29 Deletes Black Lives Matter Date Essay

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

How to See a Comet That Won't Be Visible for Another 6,000 Years

Former NFL Player Kyle Queiro Apologizes for Publicly Questioning Whether Jill Scott Is Attractive

Lawyer for Michigan Couple Who Pulled Gun on Black Family Says They Were Victims of 'Ethnic Intimidation'

Refinery29 Deletes Black Lives Matter Date Essay

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