Death in the Age of Facebook
What it’s like to mourn a mother via social media
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I Was a Teenage Beauty Pageant Loser
These competitions promise self-transformation and personal growth. The reality isn’t so pretty
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My Struggle with Sobriety
The decision to quit drinking was the right one for me. But, as I have learned, there’s no perfect way to do it
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Loving Sports at Any Age
Even in his eighties, my father dared the rest of us to keep up
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How Algorithms Are Changing What We Read Online
The AI of the internet determines what’s relevant. One day, it decided my work wasn’t
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Dancing Bear
In this memoir, a child and his family leave Lebanon for Athens
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Me, My Dad, and His Old Clothes
After my parents divorced, I began to wear my dad’s cast-off suits and loafers everywhere
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The Truth about Wanting to Die
Suicide is scary and messy and exhausting, Anna Mehler Paperny writes in her new book. And we need to be far more honest about it
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How I Learned to Love My Natural Hair
I’ve spent thousands of dollars trying to turn my hair into anything but what it is: black and curly
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