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    Memoir Of A Misfit - Part VII

    FEBRUARY 24, 2011 1:56PM

    By Kate Flannery


    Topics: homeownership, houses, life issues, family, children, fitting in, nonconformity, misfit, mothers, suburban stereotypes, homemaker, wife, suburbia, personal stories, memoirs, life stories, real families, life

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    Memoir of A Misfit - Part III

    OCTOBER 20, 2010 4:47PM

    By Kate Flannery


    Topics: biography, memoir, misfit, peers, fitting in, junior high school, 1970s, personal story

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    • 3179 Views
    • 92 Comments
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    Bullying has led to a suicide epidemic at my alma mater

    OCTOBER 8, 2010 5:14PM

    By Cathy Wilson


    Topics: bullying, suicide, cyber-bullying, mentor high school, ohio, mentor, high school, young people, teens, abuse, verbal abuse, gay-bashing, tyler clementi, diversity, education, schools, teachers, cliques, fitting in

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    • 4710 Views
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    I Laughed, I Cried, It Was Better than Cougars

    APRIL 14, 2009 9:47AM

    By Leonde Delmare


    Topics: superficial, feminism, cougar, labels, popular culture, questions, older women, images, stupid reality shows, unreal reality shows, fitting in, external validation, outliers, what do you think

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    • 1609 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    High School Invasion on Facebook

    APRIL 7, 2009 1:44PM

    By Leonde Delmare


    Topics: high school, awkward, shy, books are my friends, not popular, teenage angst, family dysfunction, fitting in, ancient history, i do like remembering my brother, moving, changing, growing, then and now, comedy, music

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