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How I Quit Writing

Fed up with rejection, Tim Stobierski quits writing, and discovers that there are some things you can’t stop doing without changing who you are.

Monday, Monday: The First Day on My New Job at Penthouse

An excerpt from Steve Belanger’s new book: My Penthouse Past: Failing My Way Up the Corporate Ladder of an Empire Built of Skin.

Fear in Watertown

“Love, Recorded” during one crazy week in the Boston area. Was the fear the same for everyone?

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How to Support a Loved One Who Is Dealing with Depression

What to do—and what not to do—to be supportive, and when to get more help—for your depressed loved one and for yourself.

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All I Ever Wanted Was a Cheeseburger

Growing up Orthodox Jewish in Houston, Texas in the 1950s and ’60s, the mixing of dairy and meat was forbidden.

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“Man Up” – On Art and Masculinity in London

Zakia Uddin examines the issue of defining a “universal man” , and what it really means to “man up”.

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What Good Is Gratitude When the World Is Tearing Apart?

When destruction threatens our ability to hope, gratitude is a balm.

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The Discomfort of the Mirror: Silver Linings Playbook, Bipolar, and Me

Ryan W. Bradley squirms through a film about a man like he was, not long ago: undiagnosed, violent, and about to hit bottom.

One Shot Away from Combustion: A Family of Angry Men

David Stanley sees four generations of angry men in his family. Will they be able to control their tempers, or will the tempers control them?

On Strength, Beauty, and Strongman Contests

Strongman NC Harrison is comfortable in his very large body, even if he confounds the expectations of others.

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Rich Man, Poor Man

Why should the obscenely rich scale back so they’re just extremely rich?

One Tough Mother

Novelist Benjamin Percy finds inspiration and fortitude in his mother, who once, in her third trimester, butchered an elk for 1,000 lbs of meat.

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Doppelgänger

Chris Wiewiora is constantly aware of being compared to ‘the old Chris’—his new girlfriend’s previous boyfriend.

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Startup America Needs to Look More Like America

Kalimah Priforce wonders: where are the startups of color?

I’m a Terrible, Awful Parent

Does our childish behavior make us bad parents? William Lucas Walker shares a snapshot of his own experience.

A Married Man’s Sexual Epiphany

Sexually frustrated men often claim that women hold the sex card. Life coach Steve Horsmon disagrees.

To Defend a Terrorist

Tamar Birckhead reflects on representing the shoe bomber and, now, on helping those who represent the Boston bomb suspect.

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How Do You Measure a Year?

From an extramarital affair to cancer, the last 525,600 minutes of John Taylor’s life have been tough. But he’s going to remember it by all of the love that grew.

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Good Grief

A generation later, Kile Ozier believes the gay community has still not healed from the ravaging shame and grief that accompanied the AIDS crisis.

I Let My Son Fall and Fail

A playground encounter forces a dad to assert his right to parent.

But Now I See

Steven Holcomb was a world champion bobsledder. But he had a secret. He was going blind. Here is an excerpt from his new memoir.

A Liberal and a Gun Nut Walk Into a Blog

The debate over gun control and 2nd Amendment rights is stuck in an us vs them mentality

I Am a Survivor, and I Can Finally Talk About It

Levi Greenacres feels anything but big and strong when he thinks about his rape, and the rapes of the people he loves.

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I’m a Male Nurse – So What?

Brett Adamson became a nurse because he wanted to help people, but he quickly discovered that as a man, you’re never just a nurse, you’re always a “male nurse.”