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self esteem

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Everyone You Meet Is God in Drag

  • Robert Julius
  • April 14, 2020
If the art of drag has taught me one thing, it’s that I am not unique.
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Barren Spaces

  • Zainab A. Omaki
  • October 3, 2019
I know some people believe it’s just hair. That it’s not a big deal.
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This Is What I Get for Wanting

  • Jenni Miller
  • February 14, 2018
When I cried over the phone, asking him if he was dumping me, he said in his gentle voice, “Sweetheart, we weren’t really a thing yet.”
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Mixed Feelings: Am I Too Fat For Love?

  • Mandy Len Catron
  • February 14, 2018
We don’t like to think that love traffics in the same biases that shape our culture—but of course it does.
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Voices on Addiction: The Taste Inside My Mouth

  • Rachel Hoge
  • December 18, 2017
It’s never the words I remember. It’s their taste: bitter, dense, like biting into a radish. It’s how my body feels: sore.
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Baking Lessons: Needing, Rising, and Letting Go

  • Debka Colson
  • August 30, 2016
When I took those breaths, I also learned to say, “I am enough, I am enough, I am enough.”
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Clueless

  • Millicent Souris
  • February 3, 2016
To say I was clueless indicates that a clue even existed. To be fair, we all were.
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The Rumpus Interview with Sarah Gerard

  • Lianne Stokes
  • August 5, 2015
Author Sarah Gerard talks about her novel, Binary Star, her chapbook, BFF, dysfunctional relationships, and what it means to be best friends forever.
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Dear Sugar Sparks A Tiny Revolution

  • Lauren O'Neal
  • October 3, 2013
In the face of rampant negative body image and self-esteem issues, New York City is launching a campaign to help girls declare, “I’m beautiful the way I am.” Samantha Levine,…
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How Men Fight for Their Lives

  • Saeed Jones
  • July 17, 2012
The memory of that night hurts more than the actual punches.
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Science Saturday

  • Brian Spears
  • October 17, 2009
So, might time travel explain the problems with the super-collider? For the first time, photographic evidence of the placebo effect in action. Performance affects perception, even for professional athletes. If…
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