“Both marriage and religion had required exile from ourselves, a systematic suppression of our true identities. It was an adaptation that felt necessary for survival. But as I watched D explore, interrogate, and reinvent womanhood, changing the rules before my eyes, I wondered if I had been wrong.” Happy Friday, even if (in the Northern […]
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Eating disorders never truly go away. They just go quiet. For a while.
Humans are social creatures, and loneliness can be debilitating — yet, many have discovered solace in the solitary life.
Forty-three million Americans need substance addiction treatment, but only a tiny fraction receive it. We know why.
Andrew Chamings returns to his childhood farmland to investigate the mystifying deaths of the Luxton siblings. What really happened down that dark country lane?
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