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  1. Kids Are Better Friends When They Spend Time Away From ScreensTaking an extended phone break is enough to make them more empathetic.
    By Adam Alter
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    This Is the Scene That Got William Daniels to Play Mr. Feeny on Boy Meets World“Here was a Mr. Feeny I knew I could play.”
    By William Daniels
  3. Sleeping Through the Night Is a Relatively New InventionShorter chunks of shut-eye used to be more normal than one long, uninterrupted snooze.
    By Benjamin Reiss
  4. My Mother’s MurderShe disappeared when I was four. It was years before I understood why.
  5. The 1930s Scientist Who Popularized a Terrifying Brain SurgeryA brief, unsettling history of the lobotomy.
    By Jennifer Wright
  6. cut cover story
    Self-Empowerment Is Just Another Word for NarcissismHow contemporary feminism has lost its way.
    By Jessa Crispin
  7. The Golden Girls Proved Its Fearlessness Yet Again When It Tackled HIV/AIDSThe show reminded viewers of its progressiveness when Rose had an HIV scare.
    By Jim Colucci
  8. first person
    When Good Christian Girls Need Planned ParenthoodThey were there for me when no one else was.
    By Sara Novic
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    How to Murder Your LifeI was a slutty and self-loathing downtown party girl fellatrix rushing to ruin.
    By Cat Marnell
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    Cheryl Strayed Was $85,000 in Debt When Her Memoir Wild Got PublishedIn the book Scratch, the author discusses her financial highs (sizable advances) and lows (qualifying for food stamps as a published author).
    By Vulture Editors
  11. Your Emotions Are More Malleable Than You ThinkHere’s how to turn your stress into excitement.
    By Ian Robertson
  12. the national interest
    Barack Obama’s Legacy Is More Secure Than You, or the GOP, ThinkIt could be as hard to dismantle as a wall is to build.
    By Jonathan Chait
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    My First Day Microdosing With LSDThe drug was a new treatment for my mood disorder — and the first problem was how to buy it.
    By Ayelet Waldman
  14. Sebastian Bach’s Gilmore Girls Fanboy MomentAn excerpt from his new memoir. 
    By Sebastian Bach
  15. abortion
    4 Women on Having Abortions Before They Were Legal“I just remember thinking, I’m going to get through this.”
    By Claire Landsbaum
  16. science of us
    Remembering Childhood Trauma That Never HappenedMemory is incredibly malleable – which means that it’s not that difficult to falsely convince someone they experienced something horrific.
    By Eric Vance
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    DJ Khaled Recalls Jet Ski Snapchats in The Keys“Don’t ride your Jet Ski in the dark, but if you do, make sure you have your phone because that flashlight is a key.”
    By DJ Khaled
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    My Life in the Plague YearsLife under AIDS, and — just as a new memorial goes up in Greenwich Village — how much has been forgotten.
    By David France
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    How Laura Jane Grace Chose Her NameAn excerpt from her new memoir, Tranny.
    By Laura Jane Grace
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    Jessie Initially Took Speed on Saved by the BellThat’s that reason she was so, so excited. 
    By Peter Engel
  21. What Happened When Schools Tried to Bribe Students Into Getting Good GradesMoney-as-motivator is never as straightforward as it seems like it should be.
    By Claudia Hammond
  22. How to Make Luke’s Coffee From Gilmore GirlsFor when you need coffee in an IV. 
    By Kristi Carlson
  23. first person
    On Being the Media’s Token Muslim GirlIf I was a Muslim woman with darker skin, I doubt I’d be getting as much airtime as I am right now.
    By Amani
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    It Feels Great to Successfully Call Out Sexism in Media (and Jonathan Franzen)An excerpt from Jennifer Weiner’s new memoir, Hungry Heart. 
    By Jennifer Weiner
  25. The Problem With Positive Psychology: You Can’t Always Make Yourself HappyThere’s such a thing as taking too much responsibility for your own happiness.
    By Ruth Whippman
  26. Writing Lyrics With Bob Dylan Is Weird“He looked like he hadn’t bathed in weeks.”
    By Carol Bayer Sager
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    Read the Harrowing Intro to I Am Brian Wilson“Sometimes they just skip the music and go right for me. We’re coming for you, Brian. This is the end, Brian. We are going to kill you, Brian.”
    By Linda Laban and Brian Wilson
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    The Single Greatest Moment in Black-Women Television HistoryAn ode to Viola Davis and How to Get Away With Murder.
    By Phoebe Robinson
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    Read an Excerpt From Lil Wayne’s Prison JournalThe book, written during his eight-month jail sentence at Rikers Island in 2010, is out this week.
    By Lil Wayne
  30. Read an Excerpt From Lil Wayne’s Prison JournalThe book, written during his eight-month jail sentence at Rikers Island in 2010, is out this week.
    By Lil Wayne
  31. You Can Write Your Way Out of an Emotional Funk. Here’s How.It takes 20 minutes.
    By Susan David
  32. 6 Internet Words With Surprisingly Old OriginsThe Greek, Viking, and mystical origins of some of the digital world’s most widely used words.
    By Tom Chatfield
  33. A Neuroscientist Explains Why You’re Terrible With NamesIn a purely objective sense, a person’s face and name are, by and large, unrelated.
    By Dean Burnett
  34. The Internet Isn’t Making Us Dumber — It’s Making Us More ‘Meta-Ignorant’We’re less aware of how much we don’t know.
    By William Poundstone
  35. Diarrhea Is the Wartime Enemy No One MentionsSometimes, keeping soldiers safe means understanding their bowel movements.
    By Mary Roach
  36. the old kanye
    A Former Rapper Remembers When Kanye Was ‘Urkel’“I was told: ‘When you can’t afford Just Blaze, you get Kanye West.’” 
    By Jensen Karp
  37. election 2016
    The GOP’s House Seats Are Safe. Here’s Why.Hillary may win the presidency, but the House belongs to the GOP.
    By David Daley
  38. women at work
    How Three Women Found Unexpected True CallingsA bricklayer, policewoman, and subway conductor discover passion for their work.
    By StoryCorps
  39. advice
    How to Politely Have an Amazing ThreesomeTake care of the following and you’ve got very little to be afraid of.
    By Amy Rose Spiegel
  40. How to Be a Stepmom to the Son of Your Ex and His Dead WifeStep one: Don’t press charges when the kid crashes your car.
    By Lauren Weedman
  41. sequential art
    Will Eisner and the Secret History of the Graphic NovelAn exclusive excerpt from a new Eisner biography.
    By Paul Levitz
  42. Confronting a Horace Mann Teacher Who Abused His StudentsAnd how the school haggled with one of his victims when she and other survivors sued.
    By Amos Kamil and Sean Elder
  43. thanks for sharing
    Diary of a Sperm DonorA gay man finds spirituality through giving.
    By Mike Albo
  44. A Tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s StyleAn excerpt from Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
    By Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik
  45. book excerpt
    How Back to the Future Replaced Eric StoltzAn excerpt from Caseen Gaines’s We Don’t Need Roads.
    By Caseen Gaines
  46. first person
    Losing My Grandfather Meant Losing Part of My HeritageHe was one of the only living ties I had to Puerto Rico, and now he was gone.
    By Alida Nugent
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    Book Excerpt: Elvis Costello Shares the Inspiration Behind ‘Alison’A chapter from the singer-songwriter’s memoir, Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink.
    By Elvis Costello
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    The Powerful Appeal of Modern Witchcraft — Even for a SkepticA writer immerses herself in the world of Paganism.
    By Alex Mar
  49. marriage equality
    The Unexpected Personal Connection Behind the DOMA DecisionIn an excerpt from her new memoir, lawyer Roberta Kaplan describes how she first crossed paths with Edie Windsor and Thea Spyer.
    By Roberta Kaplan and Lisa Dickey
  50. tips
    How to Get Out of Any Party ConversationA helpful guide.
    By Josh Gondelman and Joe Berkowitz
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