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Hand Over Mouth
How surfing helped me make peace with my body that figure skating taught me to change
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Amanda Blackwell
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Object-ives #54: Left Holding All the Marbles
A collection of my family history
Oct 2
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Michele Peters
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September 2026
Rooms like Train Cars
On the ache and grief of shared custody
Sep 28
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Julia Cohen
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Game of Anger and Speech
Cryptic crosswords deepened my bond with my father, but how would they survive his stroke?
Sep 26
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Gargi Mehra
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Object-ives #53: Oinky, the Pig
Finding magic in the impractical
Sep 25
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Sara Lavan
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Show Me the Love by Leaving Me Alone
How my mother’s nine-month silence inspired my own retreat
Sep 22
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Sumitra Mattai
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Why I Collect Encounters with Snakes
How going hiking evolved into a very different hobby
Sep 19
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Kirsten Love
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Object-ives #52: I Lost the One Thing I Always Said I’d Save in a Fire
Without my photo albums, I’ll have to remember on my own
Sep 18
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Eva Langston
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Pelvic Floor Therapy Helped Me Live Again
How a little-talked-about therapy helped me get unstuck and find a path forward
Sep 14
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Lynn Badgett
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Object-ives #51: The Purloined Desk
Why my secretary writing desk continues to haunt me
Sep 11
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Marcy Kelly
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What I Learned from My Dying Dog Daughter
Things the ER has taught me about motherhood
Sep 8
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scarlett choi
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Object-ives #50: My 1990 Fugazi Ticket Stub
Why I’ve held onto this musical memento for so long
Sep 4
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Molly McCloy
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