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There Is Never A Right Time For Anything
My grandfather’s mother was raped by her stepfather or uncle (no one can really be sure) when she was fourteen. They lived in rural Illinois, and, at fourteen years old…
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17 Realizations You’ll Have When You Live In Atlanta
People who’ve never tried Flying Biscuit or Gladys Knight’s Chicken and Waffles have never truly lived.
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13 Perfect Christmas Gifts To Help Your Man Take Care Of The Face You Love
I wish to God I’d had a list like this when I was 23.
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How To Survive Adult Braces
To begin, I got totally screwed over in the dental genes department. I was born with a pretty severe overbite and a mouth that was too small.
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How To Dominate Your City In 10 Easy Steps
1. Make friends with at least one bartender at each of your top 3 favorite bars.
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32 Fun (And Surprising) Facts About Britney Spears
Britney’s perfumes account for 34% of all celebrity perfume sales.
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The 101 Song Ultimate Mid-2000s Playlist
Now that it’s nearly a decade in our rearview, we’ve begun to get a glimpse of what’s got longevity; namely, what songs are really good at encapsulating the weird time…
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Never Convince Anyone That They Should Love You
So many of my relationships in life — when I was more insecure, when I didn’t like myself, when I didn’t think I deserved much — have been about proving,…
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Ah, Look At All The Lonely People: The Effects Of An Internet Social Life
Today I began an essay: For as long as I have known how to be, I’ve been ashamed of my body. My publications all live within this same confessional territory.
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15 Signs You Come From A Dysfunctional Family
1. It’s been years since your parents slept in the same bed.
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7 Things To Do Before You Turn 23
1. Get your first full-time forever job. There’s a certain sense of satisfaction in earning a salary, buying dishes at HomeSense and owning furniture that isn’t from IKEA. 2. Learn…
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14 Steps To Being The Best Pedophile You Can Be
10. Make sure your lips are always chapped by constantly licking them and never applying chap stick.
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The 27 Most Adorable Things People In Relationships Do For Each Other
Pull them closer in their sleep.
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19 Anti-Feminist Thoughts Every Woman Has Had At Least Once
“Cooking and re-organizing knick knacks all day seems like it actually might be pretty sweet.”
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10 Ways To Keep The Butterflies Alive In A Long Distance Relationship
3. Flirt All The Time
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11 Tricks For Staying In Control Without Obsessing Over It, From Former NBA Coach Phil Jackson
Obsessing about winning is a loser’s game: The most we can hope for is to create the best possible conditions for success, then let go of the outcome. The ride…
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27 Simple Things That Every Woman Needs
A pair of boots that keep your feet warm and comfortable in the winter without giving you that upside-down corn dog look of Uggs.
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28 Little Ways To Convince Yourself To Workout
22. Take a friend’s dog for a walk. Who said working out had to be heart-poundingly difficult?
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When You Fall In Love With A Stranger
In the brief amount of time it takes to reach your train station, hit the front of the lunch line, or collect your latte, you’ve somehow managed to project an…
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39 Things That Only People With Glasses Understand
21. When somebody compares your looks to another person, that other person always has glasses—no matter how little they actually look like you.
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What Men Want In A Woman
One should never look like they’re trying too hard, especially not when they’re in the midst of trying so hard they’re giving themselves an ulcer.
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9 Tips For Jay-Z And Beyonce’s New Vegan Diet
Deep-fry cauliflower, slather in barbecue sauce. It’s so simplistic, but so, so good.
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21 Pretentious Things That Only Single People Do
Regularly discussing all the things they want to do before they get with someone, such as travel or write a novel, because — as we all know — the freedom…
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50 Funny And Uplifting Quotes For Your Inner Holiday Cheermeister
“Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts.”
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44 Things Only Identical Twins Will Understand
11. The spot-the-difference game grew old quickly didn’t it?
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35 Doctors And Patients Share Their Worst Misdiagnoses And Doctor Horror Stories
In 2005 my father went to the doctor complaining of chest pain. The doctor assured him it was heartburn and sent him home with Tums and no further testing. My…
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21 Pretentious Things That Only People In Relationships Do
Employing the word “soulmate” in casual conversation, as if that wasn’t the linguistic equivalent of coughing up glitter on someone in the middle of a sentence.
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How I Became An Orgasm Donor
Perched atop an exam table at Rutgers’ Imaging Center, twitching bare feet, I glance from the standard medical gown keeping me cold to drab linoleum floor to unforgiving fluorescent ceiling…
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10 Old Fashioned Dating Habits We Should Make Cool Again
Straightforwardly asking someone out and not calling it “hanging out.”
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Are “Child Brides” The New Hotness? Apparently So/Not.
It seems to come down to this. If you’re going to rape teenage girls then you damn well better be famous and good looking in a harmless sort of way.…
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9 Rules For Surviving Minnesota Winters
Tip: in a pinch you can scrape ice off your windows with a credit card and an empty fast food beverage cup can shovel up snow near your tires.
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15 Signs You Grew Up In A Korean Family
I have successfully branded my childhood memories with Thought Catalog.
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23 Things That Only Sisters Understand
The disturbing ways they start to resemble your mother, in habits and appearance.
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19 Seriously Questionable Things People Have Done In The Name Of Love
Here’s a list of 19 people that did some regrettable things for love. Found on Quora’s “What’s the stupidest thing you’ve done for love?” thread.
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5 Of The Worst Possible Things That Could Ever Happen To You
1. Making eye contact while on the toilet, or with someone who’s on the toilet Someone I know, let’s call him my “uncle,” once scored a hot date, and took…
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22 College Seniors On Their Advice To College Freshmen
Get some real advice from a college senior who’s been there. From interviews with seniors at my college.
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12 Insane Things That Happened On My Night Out With Bill Murray
He had this smug look like he was the most important guy in the room, which he probably was. No one was talking to him. I had to try.
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9 Ancient Torture Methods That Will Have You Jumping Out Of Your Skin
It could be so much worse.
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Maybe One Day I Will Meet You
And maybe one day I’ll be reading a book at the Laundromat. Some movement will catch my eye and then I’ll see you taking your clothes out of the dryer.
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It’s Not Just Women, Guys Get Hurt Too
I remember tears streaming down her face as she shook her head from side to side hysterically and in a mixture of words and uncontrollable sobbing I remember her saying,…
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28 Things I Learned While Working For Lululemon Athletica
If you are a size 6, then you’ll be given free clothes to wear, termed “promotions”.
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The 50 Greatest Hip Hop Songs Of The 90s
The 90s were such an amazing time for hip-hop. The styles and sounds shifted tremendously from that of the 80s and some of the biggest names in the genre emerged…
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10 Weird Facts About Buddhism
In Western culture we love to hate or point out all the weird things about Christianity, Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and Bill Maher have made life-long careers pointing out the…
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7 Dudes Who Definitely Have Chlamydia, But Whom I Would Still Totally Hit
This veteran chlamydia hottie, who splits his time between follicle replacement therapy and banging his domestic help, is always a perennial choice for the STD hit.
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I Voluntarily Signed Myself Into A Psych Unit
My little book that I’ve been working on for the last few months, My Heart Is An Autumn Garage, came out last week. It’s a short memoir about the breakdown I had in…
