He Stole My Special Thing. He Stole My Identity. And He Was My Brother…

sexuality, gender, homosexuality, LGBT, gay runs in families, Mamamia,

How to come out after your brother did it first: Jame Aitken’s journey to self love and acceptance.

Foreign Bodies

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“Eddie said partly why he left was her goddamn nerves.” By Sara Lippmann

Torture, American Style

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Study concludes that US torture after 9/11 had “no justification” and “damaged the standing of our nation.”

Hair Down There

puberty, adolescence, sibling rivalry

A sign that a boy is becoming a man is commemorated by his family.

The Brady Bunch, Moons Over My Hammy, Space Aliens, and the World’s Fattest Woman

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This one has it all: the Brady Bunch, Moons Over My Hammy, UFOs, and the world’s fattest woman.

Brotherly Love (and Hate)

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Good old-fashioned sibling rivalry waxes and wanes at a mind-boggling pace. Can a father keep up?

Ten things I’ve learned from my sister

When you have a younger sibling, you want to protect them. You also want to prove that you are better than them at everything, so you want to compete with them. it’s a delicate push and pull. It’s one thing to espouse a set of values, and quite another thing to live them to the [...]