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Could getting rid of my estranged family’s gifts heal me?

Apr 27 • Jenny Bartoy

Object-ives #32: My Own Steel

My mother wanted a girl who was safe, not one who could wield an Irish hand-and-a-half sword

Apr 24 • Catherine Cornell

How a DNA test, not mine, changed my life

Apr 23 • Tracey Edelist, PhD

I Couldn’t Sing, But I Joined a Chorus Anyway

From lip-synching to not faking it

Apr 21 • Gabe Montesanti

Changing My Hair Color Used to Be an Act of Rebellion. Now I Know It Means So Much More

When I decided to dye my blonde locks brown in the midst of a painful divorce, I realized the act of changing my hair was less about defiance and more…

Apr 20 • Heather Sweeney

My New (Old) Hobby: Sending Postcards

I started using handwritten notes to keep my friendships strong and myself off social media

Apr 18 • Emma

Object-ives #31: Heartwood: How My Humble Cutting Board Came to Speak Louder Than Words

My brother’s complicated legacy lives on in this gift he made me

Apr 17 • Kris Kleindienst

My Tattoos Are More Than Art

They’re a roadmap of my life

Apr 15 • Athena Dixon

I Wrote a Polyamory Memoir. You’ve Probably Never Heard of Me

Who gets to tell the story of an open marriage?

Apr 14 • Deepa Paul

Why I Love the Scandalous Women Who Changed My Life

I hid the power of these relationships from others (and myself) for decades

Apr 13 • Michele Peters

Object-ives #30: J’Adore My Anorak of Armor

In 1990, I blew some grant money on a J.Crew anorak; 36 years later it’s still protecting me from all the elements

Apr 10 • A Long Story

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