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Object-ives #22: My Heavy Metal Companion

An intimate prized possession that will never be an heirloom

15 hrs ago • Open Secrets Magazine

After Infertility, I Found a Version of Motherhood I Could Claim As My Own

My identity took shape around the struggle for a child. Who was I now that I actually had one?

Feb 12 • Amy Gallo Ryan

My Two Decades Dating as a Late-in-Life Virgin

On learning to receive love

Feb 10 • Amanda McCracken

Manifesting Is Bullshit

Against instinct, I tried writing manifest lists to find the perfect partner to date. It didn’t work but I’m glad I tried it

Feb 9 • Tara

Object-ives #21: The Messiah: An Oratorio

My tattered, beloved score

Feb 8 • Amy Cornell

How I Rediscovered My Love of Roller Skating at Age 51

The freedom of roller skating as a young girl was stolen from me, but now that I’m in my fifties I’m beginning again

Feb 7 • Tsara Shelton

Truth Hurts: Delete Your Dating Apps

Our columnist answers the question “How did you meet your wife?”

Feb 4 • John DeVore

My High School Boyfriend Gave Me a Sex Ultimatum

I’m now in my mid-forties, but I still have no idea what I want sexually

Feb 3 • Open Secrets Magazine

Why I Share My Sex Life on the Internet

Jesse James Rose on sex education and shame reduction via social media

Feb 2 • Jesse James Rose

Tickets on Sale Now for Open Secrets Live Personal Storytelling Summit in NYC on May 2

Hear keynote speakers Youngmi Mayer, Jeff Hiller, and Murray Hill plus over 30 memoirists and book, magazine, and newspaper editors!

Feb 1 • Open Secrets Magazine

January 2026

Stick a Cork in Me

Try not to judge

Jan 31 • Andrea Tate / I'll Show You

Exclusive Interview on Life in a Cult, How to Escape a Cult, and Memoir Writing with 'The True Happiness Company' Author Veena Dinavahi

Watch our interview with Veena Dinavahi about mental health, the self-help cult she didn't realize she joined, leaving the cult, Mormonism, and her…

Jan 30 • Open Secrets Magazine, Veena, and Rachel Kramer Bussel

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