Our most compelling and poignant personal essays.

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Getting Coffee with the Man Who Sexually Assaulted Me

What it feels like to confront your attacker face to face in a café.

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Telling My Campus Rape Stories

When silence is not golden.

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I Married A Pot, Then I Killed Him

In Hinduism, Mangliks, or ‘Mars-cursed,’ individuals are destined to have unhealthy marriages from birth. The only way to cure this astrological condition is to marry something prior to marrying someone.

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Living with My Mother’s Mental Illness

My mother has struggled with mental health issues her whole life, but we don’t discuss it.

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Saving Face: My Plastic Surgery at Age 13

I was diagnosed with Moebius Syndrome. Its most noticeable symptom? I cannot smile. At the age of 13, my mother took me to see a plastic surgeon.

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I Feel Bad About My Nose

For colored girls who have considered getting a nose job when contouring isn’t enough.

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