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    Studies of the edges of things or who we are together

    JANUARY 22, 2013 4:10PM

    By Lizz Schumer


    Topics: writing, psychology, open call, relationships, body image, body wars

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 2586 Views
    • 40 Comments
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    Are you living life as if it was a romantic comedy?

    OCTOBER 9, 2012 3:09PM

    By Oryoki Bowl


    Topics: midlife, sexuality, sex, dating, relationships, health, fiction, feminism, family, belief/religion, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 3199 Views
    • 37 Comments
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    More than sadness: the depression problem

    OCTOBER 1, 2012 4:11PM

    By Lizz Schumer


    Topics: depression, relationships, mental health, health

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    • 24 Ratings
    • 2557 Views
    • 35 Comments
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    Closet fatigue

    SEPTEMBER 13, 2012 9:39AM

    By Alysa Salzberg


    Topics: if you live in paris and are looking for an armoire...., life changes, closets, construction in the city, parenthood, adulthood, growing-up, relationships, construction, home, renovations

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 4514 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    My Parents are Killing My Crackhead Brother

    AUGUST 28, 2012 4:08PM

    By Molly Speyside


    Topics: addiction, family, health, relationships

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    • 21 Ratings
    • 2372 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Normal: when all you know is Single

    AUGUST 22, 2012 1:55PM

    By Christine Macdonald


    Topics: singles open call, true story, love, single, relationships, open+call

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    • 5 Ratings
    • 1033 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Truly, Madly, Deeply ~ Singledom Open Call

    JULY 15, 2012 3:23PM

    By eyespye


    Topics: the single life, relationships, repost from about a year ago as the oc went away so fast i didn't have time to write a new one! essay, singles open call

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    • 1 Ratings
    • 1761 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Trans-Pacific Long-Distance: Staying Together with A Sailor

    JULY 12, 2012 6:33PM

    By Lauren Sloss


    Topics: travel, relationships, love

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 1117 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    The Mom I Use To Fight With

    JUNE 18, 2012 9:28AM

    By Mom My Hero


    Topics: baby boomer, elder care, caregiver, memory loss, mental illness, daughter, mother, husband, grandson, son, relationships, life, love, memory loss, dementia, alzheimer's disease, family, health, mother, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1105 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    The Other "D" Word

    JUNE 13, 2012 1:49PM

    By Corbin Lewars


    Topics: facebook, relationships, sex, dating at 40, divorce

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    • 4 Ratings
    • 1126 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Micro-Evolution: Love Under the Microscope

    MAY 18, 2012 12:04AM

    By Farleftside


    Topics: evolution, bacteria, cartoon saturday, relationships, comic

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 1290 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    My Surprising Hidden Talent

    APRIL 24, 2012 11:57AM

    By Nancy Davis Kho


    Topics: nerds, relationships, chaw, high school

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 1999 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    My post-9/11, with my 5-lbs. newborn boy

    APRIL 18, 2012 7:01AM

    By ManhattanWhiteGirl


    Topics: washington square, chelsea, missing persons, ground zero, nyc, roosevelt hospital, twin towers, single moms, childbirth, relationships, writers & writing, life stories, real families, 9/11

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 2189 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    The Man Trap

    MARCH 13, 2012 9:46PM

    By Lauren J Barnhart


    Topics: alix kates shulman, memoirs of an ex-prom queen, novel, classic, feminism, relationships, women, beauty, miss america pageant

    • Editor's Pick
    • 25 Ratings
    • 4282 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    A story about my son--born on 9/10/01

    FEBRUARY 29, 2012 6:32AM

    By ManhattanWhiteGirl


    Topics: nyc, roosevelt hospital, preeclampsia, nurses, doctors, twin towers, single moms, childbirth, addiction, alcoholism, relationships, writers & writing, life stories, real families, 9/11

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 1631 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    My Not-Quite-A-Stalker

    FEBRUARY 6, 2012 10:56PM

    By 500words


    Topics: relationships, garbo, intrusive contact, youth, i'm an idiot and have rotten judgment, i want to be alone

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 3484 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    Why I Hate Bars

    JANUARY 30, 2012 11:45PM

    By Pensive Person


    Topics: childhood, parents, relationships, drunk, police, silent, forgotten, phone number, elementary, blizzard, christmas

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 5178 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    The Little Death

    JANUARY 26, 2012 7:05PM

    By Lauren J Barnhart


    Topics: s&m, the paris review, religion, relationships, sex, literature, fiction, books, platform, michel houellebecq

    • Editor's Pick
    • 23 Ratings
    • 1889 Views
    • 49 Comments
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    Until He Rides Again!

    OCTOBER 31, 2011 8:33AM

    By Susie Lindau


    Topics: comedy, halloween, the legend of sleep hollow, relationships, family, life, washington irving

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 8282 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    My Tiny Hypocrisy: I Don't Always Use Birth Control

    OCTOBER 21, 2011 1:24PM

    By Rachel Kramer Bussel


    Topics: open call, my tiny hypocrisy, sex, sexuality, condoms, cat marnell, xojane, birth control, plan b, relationships

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