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Seattle was cool and sunny. The flowers were more vivid than anything I’d ever seen on the East Coast. I touched the Pacific Ocean for the first time. I slept on a goddamn sailboat. Washington, I love you.
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For so long, conversations about money were considered gauche. With every essay and podcast episode, that taboo is broken down.
2015 was rough, and it feels right to start off 2016 on an optimistic, mystical note.
How we feel about a person’s privacy seems to correlate with how much control they have in the decision to open up.
Six stories about the world of fitness.
During Pride Month, Emily Perper will be sharing stories from the LGBTQ community. This reading list is about the experiences of queer people of faith.
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Today’s spying relies on social media, surveillance, coercion and ambition.
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