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Is Valentine's Day a day to make cupcakes with your children? No Valentine's...
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I pity the young woman who will attempt to insinuate herself between my...
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Well you know I was raised by a 1970s feminist. My mom had a...
I'm sure there are people who survive tragedy without humor but I've never...
I was a lesbian for a semester at Wesleyan - it was a graduation requirement.
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Despite the fact that in America we incarcerate more juveniles for life terms...
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My mom's the one I look up to for everything. I feel like I'm a lump of clay and she's moulding me into a woman.