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I'm Married But Never Wanted To Have Sex. A Single Word From My Therapist Changed Everything.

"It was like she had unlocked the door to a word I didn’t even realize I knew but that I had been waiting to hear my entire life."
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I Had An Abortion. On The Day I Would Have Given Birth, Something Surprising Happened.

“I had been proud, at 33, that I never had a scare. I was less proud when two side-by-side tests on the bathtub’s edge revealed a treacherous reality.”
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I Had A Secret Teenage Romance. It Wasn’t Until Years Later That I Realized What Really Happened.

"Late at night, I’d let him sneak into my bedroom on the top floor of my family’s rambling farmhouse. ... By homeroom the next morning, it was like it never happened."
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One Parent’s Behavior At My Child’s Gymnastics Class Sent Me Into A Rage. Then I Realized Something I Didn’t See Coming.

“It hit me. The reason I was raging.”
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I Gave Birth To My Children In Ways Most People Wouldn’t Expect. But The Reactions I’ve Gotten Are Even More Shocking.

“Instead of centering care, the focus seemed to shift to curiosity, to the spectacle of it all.”
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I’m A Teacher. Here’s The Shocking Truth About The ‘Woke’ Indoctrination Of Students That Terrifies Conservatives.

"There are scores of MAGA folks screeching in chorus about evil liberal teachers indoctrinating kids with vegan transgender socialism."
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I Had To Secretly Throw Out Every Knife In My Home. It Took Years To Understand What Was Happening To Me.

"I never thought I would be able to stop thinking about knives, or stop being afraid of coming across them everywhere I went."
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I Just Lost My Job Because I'm An American

"The world has lost patience with us, even if we didn't vote for Donald Trump."
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My Son Is In Prison. This 4-Word Reaction From People Is Gut-Wrenchingly Insensitive.

"The curiosity is understandable — completely so. But leading with those four little words shows little understanding of the injustices built into the system."
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I Was A Secret Dominatrix For Years. Now I'm Almost 70 And Ready To Tell All.

"I look back on my younger, sexually adventurous days with a sense of nostalgia and pride."
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