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From someone who has done and experienced them all! 1. Climb Mt. Batur at 2am and reach the summit just at the crack of dawn.

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She’s the matriarch of the group now.

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In this world lies a vast variety of opportunities and possibilities.

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Stop what you’re doing and watch this NOW.

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Because it was ill-preserved, the penis was allegedly compared to a piece of leather, a shriveled eel, and to beef jerky.

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As a die-hard White Stripes fan and a dedicated feminist, I was upset and bummed out, but hardly surprised. When you’re constantly enmeshed in the field to end sexual violence, you get used to this kind of news.

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She will never be allowed make-up. Every morning, girls wake up, look in the mirror, and try to figure out what’s wrong with their faces so they can conceal it with chemical powders. It’s dishonest and psychologically destructive. Some girls might say it’s not, but then they’ll get drunk and lament their ugly noses, much prettier sisters, and small boobs.

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This was a misjudgment. Not growing up — that is, the refusal to put away childish things and indeed to maintain and affirm one’s inner child, even to the extent that it may blossom into an outer child, though with the wrinkled face of a seeming adult—this is in no sense a problem. Childhood is the only source of authenticity in America.