Archive - Open Secrets Magazine

I Navigated the Grief of My Second Trimester Miscarriage by Widely Sharing My Story

An excerpt from Normalize It: Upending the Silence, Stigma, and Shame That Shape Women's Lives

Jul 8 •

Jessica Zucker, PhD

The Summer Everything Got Hotter

When Perimenopause and Climate Change Collide

Jul 7 •

As An Air Force Cadet, I Did Something Taboo

The sign at the Air Force Academy said not to feed us, but I couldn’t resist breaking the rules to save my sanity

Jul 4 •

Melonie San Pietro

June 2025

What If I Let My Intrusive Thoughts Win?

Life with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder

Jun 30 •

How Leaning into Solitude and Softness Isn’t Selfish, It’s Necessary

Radical Pleasure columnist Athena Dixon on the pleasure of quiet Sundays to reset herself for the week ahead

Jun 25 •

I'm a Thriller Author Who Figured Out the Secret to Actually Selling Books

And it’s not ideal—because it’s all about the things you can’t control

Jun 24 •

Collecting the Dead: My Closet Is a Pet Cemetery

For over 20 years, I’ve kept the cremated remains of my pets—but I don’t know what to do with them

Jun 23 •

Kristina Wright

When Is Your Writing “Good Enough?”

One’s belief in words, details and precision can lead to perfectionism and rejection. So what’s a writer who aspires to greatness supposed to do?

Jun 21 •

Will My Sex Life Be Lost When I No Longer Have a Uterus?

I’m a lesbian erotic writer having a hysterectomy and I’m uncertain how this necessary medical procedure will affect my sexual desire and intimacy

Jun 16 •

My Father Was Never a Dad

My father doesn’t deserve to hear the kindness in the word dad because he never acted like one

Jun 9 •

Never a Bridesmaid, Kind of a Bride

What happens when you don’t really want to be the center of attention at your own wedding?

Jun 2 •

May 2025

Confronting a Second Grade Bully at Age Forty

How naming my relentless inner critic put me on a path toward healing

May 30 •

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