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Life Stories (page 279)

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

Jemima Kirke (Change for Balance/Center for Reproductive Rights)

Jenny Kutner
A photo of the author with his wife

When people pray for my wife

Mark Phillips
Richard Hickock, Perry Smith (AP)

An execution's grisly remains

Jack Shuler
(<a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/portfolio/TommL#c109c0e'>TommL</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>)

A hookup app's siren song

Tracy Clark-Flory
(HBO/Janet Van Ham)

Bill Maher's bigoted atheism

Mary Elizabeth Williams
(<a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/profile/diane39'>diane39</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>)

"Dangerous patriotism"

Joanna Rothkopf
Pink (AP/Jordan Strauss)

Pink fires back at bodyshamers

Colin Gorenstein
Madonna and Drake perform at the Coachella Music Festival

Jenny Kutner
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-162706p1.html'>sergei telegin</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Australia's bold vaxx policy

Joanna Rothkopf
(AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Get ready for an ugly campaign

Mary Elizabeth Williams
A photo of the author, before and after

How I lost 160 pounds

Alex Gray
Scene still from "Hysterical Literature"

Jill Hamilton - Alternet
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-1219652p1.html'>M.Photos</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

I can’t forgive my mother

Laura Bogart
A photo of the author as a young boy

I was a childhood racist

Jim Grimsley
(Flickr/Francisco Anzola)

Our naked Ivy League protest

Ginny Gilder
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/index-in.mhtml'>Pachanon</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

You should never diet again

Dr. Traci Mann

Nico Lang - The Daily Dot
(Gerald Whalen)

The week in weird news

Colin Gorenstein
A photo of the author

Anne Lamott's life lessons

Anne Lamott
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-87521p1.html'>Lindsay Douglas</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Why we need a national ban

Mary Elizabeth Williams
(Oksana Kuzmina/Shutterstock)

What anti-vaxxers get wrong

Lindsay Abrams
(AP/Peter Dejong)

Jenny Kutner
Jon Hamm (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)

Jon Hamm, real-life mad man?

Mary Elizabeth Williams

Mari Brighe - The Daily Dot
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