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I used to keep a daily journal and recently reread a few of them. In addition to my own voice, I was grateful to hear other people talking—not my version…
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When I was twenty-five, I was single and living in Chicago with a good friend. I had a job I loved and a boyfriend who loved me. Then, in the space of a…
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Dog Hair GiveawayI’m standing in line at the bank and notice the woman in front of me. She’s looks very professional with a sleek haircut and expensive…
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Disapproving of Ruth“Have you heard what Ruth is up to now?” my mother said.“Craziest thing I’ve ever heard of,” my father said.My grandmother just shook…
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Spiders on the Ceiling Sometimes our family rented a cottage for a couple weeks in the summer and nearby was a soda shop with a wide front porch. My…
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Elaine Weiss is a journalist and writer whose latest book is “The Woman’s Hour.” It’s about the struggle to amend the U.S. Constitution to allow women the…
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When my daughter was a baby, everyone remarked that she looked just like her father—which annoyed me even if it was true. Then, as Sara got older, people…