List: Empowering personal essays | Curated by David Graham

Dec 15, 2023
34 stories
Empowering personal essays
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Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age
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Susie Kearley 🐹 Guinea pig slave
I’m Married To An Old Man — The 15 Year Age Gap is ShowingHe used to leave me behind — now it’s the other way around
Aug 9, 2023
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Aug 9, 2023
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Hello, Love
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Jessey Anthony
I Told My Ex If He Gets a DNA Test for Our Child, He’ll Cease to Be Her FatherI may have been insensitive, and I don’t regret it.
Sep 23, 2023
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Sep 23, 2023
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Savala Nolan
Women and Children First — but Why?There’s a moment in many movies. You’ve seen it: imminent danger, a desperate decision to flee, and someone, usually a man, cries out…
Apr 6, 2023
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Apr 6, 2023
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Modern Women
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June Kirri
Why are Friendships With Women so  Complicated?It’s exhausting to be friends with a woman.
Feb 8, 2023
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Feb 8, 2023
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The Knowledge of Freedom
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Elicia Jane
Healthcare Is Failing Men Enormously Compared to Women — We Need to Talk about ThatThere is a gender gap in health care, and it needs to be addressed
Jan 3, 2023
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Jan 3, 2023
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Hello, Love
by
Michelle A. Cmarik
The Divorce Advantage I Think About OftenWhat would it look like to have more time for love?
Oct 6, 2022
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Oct 6, 2022
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Mind Cafe
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Sean Kernan
The Experience Gap Killed My RelationshipA true story.
Nov 24, 2022
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Nov 24, 2022
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The Knowledge of Freedom
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David Graham
Five Heart-Wrenching Confessions People Made to Me During PhotoshootsThe photographer-model relationship is a powerful thing, which often leads to powerful truths
Nov 15, 2022
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Nov 15, 2022
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Arpad Nagy
Mild Epiphanies and Random Revelations #27How did we get here & am I doing anything right?
Nov 4, 2022
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Nov 4, 2022
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The Knowledge of Freedom
by
David Graham
Women Tampering with Contraception to Try to Get Pregnant Is More Common Than You ThinkAs are other forms of sexual assault by women
Sep 26, 2022
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Sep 26, 2022
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The Knowledge of Freedom
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Elicia Jane
Accepting The True Reason We Want Relationships Will Set You FreeA relationship is only as successful as the need at the heart of it — knowing that need is the key to a successful relationship
Sep 24, 2022
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Sep 24, 2022
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Barack Obama
Here’s Why I’m Celebrating Banned Books WeekFrom the time I first learned to read, books have played an essential role in how I experience the world. Reading Toni Morrison as a…
Sep 23, 2022
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Sep 23, 2022
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The Knowledge of Freedom
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Elicia Jane
Checking out My Breasts and Ass Is Not the Problem — Being Disrespectful IsThe problem is not people checking us out, it’s people disrespecting us
Aug 28, 2022
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Aug 28, 2022
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The Knowledge of Freedom
by
David Graham
When I Was 19 I Dated a 35-year-old — Here’s What She Taught MeOne of the things about dating someone older when you are young is that you learn a hell of a lot, here’s what I learned
Aug 18, 2022
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Aug 18, 2022
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Writers’ Blokke
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Lilith Helstrom
How To Survive a House FireWhat I learned from my house burning down
Aug 11, 2022
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Aug 11, 2022
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ILLUMINATION
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Ira Robinson
Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard — Perspective From A Male Victim of Spousal AbuseEvery day really is a trial.
May 2, 2022
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May 2, 2022
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Sexography
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Ash Jurberg
Want to Become a Sexpert? 20 Sex Facts To Boost Your KnowledgeReading this will help you in bed — and also on Jeopardy
Feb 9, 2021
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Feb 9, 2021
8
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The Knowledge of Freedom
by
David Graham
I Got Drunk One Night and Unwittingly Managed to Change a Man’s Life ForeverA chance meeting showed me the power of a simple act of kindness
Apr 14, 2022
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Apr 14, 2022
5
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Know Thyself, Heal Thyself
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Arpad Nagy
I Finally Understand the Meaning of “You Can’t Buy Happiness.””Did you start asking the good questions too late?” An answer to a KTHT Prompt
Feb 17, 2022
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Feb 17, 2022
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