Archive - Open Secrets Magazine

Object-ives #24: The Brown Wall-to-Wall Carpet of My Childhood Home

Many secrets were hidden in its mottled earth

21 hrs ago • Sumitra Mattai

A Love Letter to Myself After Eating Disorder Treatment

What I learned about recovery from getting treatment for anorexia and bulimia in my fifties

Feb 24 • Amie Newman

As an anorexic adult I learned to eat again like a baby

Feb 23 • Karen Lindell

The Sourdough Starter I Named After My Ex

How baking bread became a queer ritual to transform, wait, and give myself the food I deserve

Feb 22 • Charlene Trino

Object-ives #23: Unlit

What a small candle taught me about living

Feb 20 • Jack Richard

How to Thrive in an Analog World

On slow living, reconnection, and breaking the ice

Feb 18 • Athena Dixon

How I Became a Mistress

I never intended to cheat on my husband, but flattery after having a baby made me susceptible to a handsome man’s charms

Feb 17 • Open Secrets Magazine

I Traveled the World Looking for Love. I’m Still Looking.

Since writing about being single at 33, the search hasn’t changed—even as the scenery has.

Feb 14 • Sonya Matejko

Object-ives #22: My Heavy Metal Companion

An intimate prized possession that will never be an heirloom

Feb 13 • 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

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