Archive - Open Secrets Magazine

Why I Love the Scandalous Women Who Changed My Life

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

17 mins ago • 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

The Best of Both Worlds. Or Is It?

How “Hannah Montana” made me realize I was masking my anxiety

Apr 6 • Kate Warrington

Object-ives #29: What Price Nostalgia? $495 Plus Shipping

The heartbreak of a discarded concert T-shirt

Apr 3 • Melissa Meinzer

Truth Hurts: I’m a Cheapskate

What a Lady Gaga concert taught me about my spending habits

Apr 1 • Open Secrets Magazine

March 2026

What I Talk About When I Talk About My Neurodivergent Husband

How his ADHD permanently impacted our marriage

Mar 31 • Lori Tucker-Sullivan

The Year I Spoke with Chris Evans

How the beginning stages of schizoaffective disorder impacted my life

Mar 30 • Melanie Cole

Object-ives #28: My Necklace That Always Found Its Way Back

How a glitch in the matrix changed my life

Mar 27 • Sophie Berghouse, MD

Please Hurry Up and Slow Down

An impatient person comes to terms with inefficiency

Mar 26 • Amy L Bernstein

Sobriety as Craft Imperative

On writing oneself into a reckoning with addiction

Mar 25 • Lauren W. Westerfield

Please Don’t Tell Me How to Feel About My Breast Cancer

Or any other loss I’ll inevitably face

Mar 23 • Giulia Rozzi

Basketball Taught Me I Can Be a New Person Any Time I Want

I quit playing when I was 10. Now I watch it weekly

Mar 21 • alexis

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