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On Apologizing: Sorry, I’m Not Sorry

I have always felt the need to apologize for everything. It’s practically an instinct, an…

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Ta-Ta-Today, Junior!—Growing Up With A Stutter

According to the speech therapist I visited in seventh grade, I stammered. My fellow peers…

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Lessons Learned From Eating Alone

It’s the one thing that can send the most bold person screaming. Something that strikes…

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Asexual Dating in a Sexual World

By Courtney As an asexual who recently went on her first ever date, I can…

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I Hate Social Media And I Won’t Do Anything About It

“I wish I could just quit Facebook and Twitter,” I told one of my best…

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The Tide Of Thin May Be Turning: Curvy And Fit Are In

The ethereally skinny size zero model portrayed by Kate Moss and her kin is showing…

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On Turning 22

Today, I turn 22. Before Taylor Swift, there really wasn’t much to celebrate about your…

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Why I Don’t “Bang” Bigots

We all have them. The ex who posts The Onion articles as fact. The ones…

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Letting Go And Saying “Yes”

We all have the moments, times we should have kept our mouths shut, places we…

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Religion, Hypocrisy, and Figuring Out Your Faith

I’ve never liked crutches, figuratively or literally. When I broke my foot years back, I…

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Making Peace With Imperfection

I would like to make a confession to you today, readers. I, Amy Longworth, am…

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There’s No People Like Show People

The warmth of the lights, the soft hush of the audience as the orchestra begins…

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Tick Tock Goes The Biological Clock

I somehow missed the gene that makes people think babies are cute. I hate to…

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Why Daisy Buchanan Sucks And We Should Start Imagining People Complexly

The summer of “Gatsby” is finally over. At least, the sheer amount of “OMG reading…

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Becoming A Walking Mental Illness: Life Under A Psychiatric Diagnosis

I’ve worried more than the average bear ever since I can remember. When my Dad…

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Far-Far Away: A Long Distance Friendship

It’s common knowledge that long distance relationships are difficult and most likely doomed. However, when…

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Saying Goodbye To Death

Death is a topic I have “written around the bushes” about but have never blatantly…

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Magic’s In The Makeup?

If the magic’s in the makeup, then who am I? “Magic’s In The Makeup” by…

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Love & Leftovers: What My Grandparents Taught Me

Here on Literally, Darling, we seem to have concerned ourselves recently with several discussions of…

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On Accepting The Unknown

I’m a creature of habit. I wake up at 9:00 every morning and I jump…