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I Was Revered For Being Cruel And Angry. Then I Tore Off That Mask — And Was Swiftly Punished.

"All I knew was that when I yelled, people stopped what they were doing. When I broke things, people listened."

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I Suffered From Crippling Glossophobia. Then My Sister Called — And I Knew I'd Have To Face My Deepest Fear.

"Whether it’s five people or 50, my nervous system floods with adrenaline like I’m facing Hannibal Lecter instead of some barely interested coworkers."

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My 3-Year-Old Daughter Was Dying In Her Bed. I Still Can't Forgive Myself For What I Did In The Next Room.

"You don’t believe your child will die, until she does."

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My Husband Died. Then I Tried To Change My Name — And It Kicked Off A Yearslong Nightmare.

"Nothing prepared me for the abusive process a widowed woman must endure while attempting to remove a hyphen."

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I Sat Next To An Anti-Vax Conspiracy Theorist On A Plane. Then I Told Him What I Do For A Living.

"As someone who recently completed 15 years of training to become an infectious diseases physician-scientist, I can’t avoid these conversations."

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My First Grader Handed Me A 9-Word Note. When I Read It, My Stomach Dropped.

“I wanted to understand how to help Millie — and how to help myself. Was this just a feeling? Or something deeper?”

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A Total Stranger Told Me I Was 'Killing Myself' By Being Fat. Now I've Lost Weight — And Here's The Harsh Truth.

"The pressure was relentless – to fix, shrink and manage a body that medicine had always treated as a problem to solve."

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Donald Trump Has Been A Disaster For Democracy — But Excellent For My Sex Life

"I started doing something I hadn’t done in a while: I climbed into bed. With my husband."

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A Woman Tried To Publicly Slut-Shame Me. She Wasn't Prepared For My Response.

"It was the single most empowering thing I’ve done in my sex work career."

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Masked Gunmen Dragged My Father Out Of Bed And Killed Him. Here's What I Didn't Expect To Feel.

"Inside, they ordered my brothers to lie face down on the floor. 'Don’t look,' they said, then shut the door."

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