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  1. cut opinion pages
    Bring Back the Code of HammurabiSomewhere between 1750 BCE and now, we lost the plot on accountability.
  2. first person
    How Does My Divorce Make You Feel?As a therapist, I try to keep my personal life private. After my public split, that was no longer in my control.
  3. nostalgia
    Writing Yourself Back Into the PastWatching Aftersun unlocked a new way of understanding my parents.
  4. tiktok
    TikTok’s Lesbian Breakup Curse Is RealAnd it took my relationship with it.
  5. work
    My Breakup With Those 3 Little Words: ‘Happy to Help!’The phrase defined my ambitions — then those ambitions changed.
  6. holidays
    Is There Any Way to Avoid Getting Gifts You Hate?From tantrums, to brutal honesty, to acceptance, a few suggestions.
  7. self
    The Fantasy of HealingWriter Vanessa Angélica Villarreal found life after divorce where she least expected it — as a witcher in a fantasy role-playing video game.
  8. the first rule
    Fight Club Spoke to MeTwenty-five years later, a novel that shouldn’t have resonated still does.
  9. culture
    Movies Seen Alone in New York City, ReviewedA diary of a former pastime.
  10. reviews
    Diddy’s Guided Meditation Is … the Best Thing I’ve Ever Heard?I had my doubts. But he helped me find serenity in under ten minutes.
  11. parenting
    Perhaps It’s Time to Consider UnschoolingThings are falling apart, so why not take these weeks or months to let your ­children — and yourselves — think and learn outside the academic box.
  12. first person
    I Gained So Much Weight I Didn’t Recognize MyselfWhat it’s like to go from a size 4 to a size 12 in three months.
  13. Are Threesomes a Gateway Drug to Open Relationships?“Five years into our relationship, I let my boyfriend sleep with another woman.”
  14. This Anti-Cellulite Massage Made Me CryFrance’s latest way of making us feel bad.
  15. bag dump
    Ditching My Purse Freed My SpiritFreedom from schlepping.