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Life Stories (page 25)

The Life Stories section features insightful commentary and essays about the human experience from Salon.

The author and her husband Jason working on their farm in New York. (Bennett Schmitt)

Fleeing the suburbs for farm life

Kristen Schmitt
(Getty/AntonioGuillem)

Understanding social media and anxiety

Caroline Knorr - Common Sense Media
Muslim women perform an evening prayer called 'tarawih' marking the first eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, June 5, 2016. During Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar, Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from dawn to dusk. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana) (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana))

Why Ramadan is called Ramadan

Mohammad Hassan Khalil - The Conversation
The author at the wheel, with Sydney in the front seat, Melanie, Dalton, and Taichi in back (Courtesy of the author)

Five strangers, one canceled flight

Julia Satterthwaite
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-587221p1.html'>file404</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Creating politics with integrity

Terry Patten - Truthout
(AP Photo/Jim Cole)

18 years wrongfully imprisoned

Rachel Leah
"Damnation Island: Poor, Sick, Mad, and Criminal in 19th-Century New York" by Stacy Horn (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill)

A history of asylum horrors, on repeat

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Pauley Perrette as Abby Sciuto on "NCIS" (Robert Voets/CBS)

"NCIS" star implies "assaults" happened

Rachel Leah
(Getty/PeskyMonkey)

Dressing modestly for feminism and faith

Lauren Shields
"Pick Three: You Can Have It All (Just Not Every Day)" by Randi Zuckerberg (Ben Arons/Harper Collins)

Why we should stop trying to have it all

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Artwork from "TOUGH MOTHERS: Amazing Stories of History’s Mightiest Matriarchs" (Dey Street Books)

In praise of tough mothers

Jason Porath
Junot Diaz; Benedict Cumberbatch as Patrick Melrose in "Patrick Melrose" (Getty/Mark Wilson/Showtime/Ollie Upton)

Is a cycle of abuse inevitable?

Mary Elizabeth Williams

Frankenstein teaches us about motherhood

Richard Gunderman - The Conversation
Marcia Gay Harden (AP/Richard Shotwell)

Marcia Gay Harden on her mother's legacy

Alli Joseph
Girls Embracing Mothers program

Love for imprisoned on Mother's Day

Rachel Leah
Gayle Goldin with her family

Becoming a mom made me run for office

Gayle Goldin
(<a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/profile/surely'>surely</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>)

A cure for migraines could already exist

Brianna Bibel
(Getty Images)

My mother and the books that bind us

Wendy Francis
Katie Couric (AP/Willy Sanjuan)

Katie Couric sits down with Salon

Mary Elizabeth Williams
(Getty/Martin Dimitrov)

Alone in the crowd, but not lonely

Sara Konrath - The Conversation
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Emma Gonzalez gathers with other students on stage during the March for Our Lives Rally in Washington, DC on March 24, 2018. (Getty/Nicholas Kamm)

Don't punish content creators

Stuart Cunningham, David Craig - The Conversation
Sally Kohn (Paul Takeuchi)

Do "haters" deserve our compassion?

Lauren Schiller
Eric Schneiderman (AP/Seth Wenig)

#MeToo is working — at least on the left

Amanda Marcotte
Meghan McCain on "The View" (YouTube/The View)

McCain tells fellow Republican to chill

Rachel Leah
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