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CREEP — The Weird World of the Narcissist
CREEP — The Weird World of the Narcissist
The “Uncanny Valley” warns that there is something not quite right about these disordered folks
Prajinta Pesqueda
Dec 5
I Might Need Therapy After Watching Fleabag
I Might Need Therapy After Watching Fleabag
How scriptwriters can mess with your head
Marcia Abboud
Dec 5
A Sexual Predator Taught Me How I Want To Be Loved
A Sexual Predator Taught Me How I Want To Be Loved
…too bad it was all smoke and mirrors
Christina Sophia
Dec 2
Who’s the Narcissist and Who’s the Victim? Here’s How to Tell
Who’s the Narcissist and Who’s the Victim? Here’s How to Tell
And the Oscar goes to…
Suzanna Quintana
Nov 30
This is Why I Still Panicked Over the Little Things
This is Why I Still Panicked Over the Little Things
Years after I left an abusive relationship
Lisa Johnson
Nov 30
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Lovesick? Or Love Sick?
Lovesick? Or Love Sick?
I was desperately in love and it was making me sick.
Nicole Lee
Nov 29
Bound By Biology: The Brutal War Over Women’s Wombs
Bound By Biology: The Brutal War Over Women’s Wombs
Once held captive by biology, women’s freedoms face new threats
Myla Morningstar
Nov 28
I Met a Man I’m Wildly Attracted to and It’s No Mystery Why
I Met a Man I’m Wildly Attracted to and It’s No Mystery Why
We attract ourselves to the familiar
Colleen Sheehy Orme
Nov 27
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When Loving Was A Crime: The Interracial Love Story That Changed My Life
When Loving Was A Crime: The Interracial Love Story That Changed My Life
Their last name was too perfect to resist the puns when they changed the fate of marriage in America. This is their story—and mine.
Myla Morningstar
Nov 26
What Are You *Really* Grateful For?
What Are You *Really* Grateful For?
Turns out, it’s the women and maybe the mashed potatoes
Lori Welch Brown
Nov 23
Who is Really Getting Roasted on Thanksgiving?
Who is Really Getting Roasted on Thanksgiving?
Why I will not be cooking a turkey this Thanksgiving
Jewel Tramontino
Nov 21
Just Call Me The Vagina Whisperer
Just Call Me The Vagina Whisperer
How a clinical professor saved my sanity and turned back time on my vagina
Marcia Abboud
Nov 18
Would My Boyfriend Have Loved Me More if I’d Been a Better Girlfriend?
Would My Boyfriend Have Loved Me More if I’d Been a Better Girlfriend?
It’s an elusive question, but I already knew the answer
Karen Marie Shelton
Nov 18
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