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The author's mother (right) with a friend. (Photo illustration by Salon/Nell Beram/Getty Images)

My very own Mary Tyler Mom

Nell Beram
A transparent hooded figure sitting next to a river on a sunny afternoon (Getty Images/David Wall)

My mom's dead. We're closer than ever

Kelly McClure
A childhood photo of the author and her sister (Photo illustration by Salon/Photo courtesy of Danni Quintos)

My mom & I haven't talked about Atlanta

Danni Quintos
D Watkins and his daughter (Photo provided by D Watkins)

I love being a Girl Dad

D. Watkins
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The Last Story Of Mina Lee by Nancy Jooyoun Kim (Photo illustration by Salon/ Portrait and cover provided courtesy of publicist)

I felt responsible for my mother's life

Nancy Jooyoun Kim
The author and her father (Courtesy of the author)

My spy dad's secret and mine

Leslie Absher
(Getty/wundervisuals)

We are failing our girls

D. Watkins
(Getty/Joe Raedle)

Muhammad Ali, my father and me

Katy Yocom
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James Campbell (Elizabeth Campbell)

The courage to let her fly

James Campbell
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-668929p1.html'>ChameleonsEye</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Jenny Kutner
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-702898p1.html'>Maryna Kulchytska</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

A flag planted in Africa

Mary Elizabeth Williams
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-7096p1.html'>Anne Kitzman</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

All the ways I killed off Dad

Jessica Mooney
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(AP/Sunday Alamba)

Last straw for Nigerians

Mausi Segun
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-54609p1.html'>Adrian Hughes</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

My problem with pink

Emily McNally
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-317854p1.html'>Alexey Losevich</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

Am I a lousy father?

MATTHEW NORMAN

Aliza Worthington - The Broad Side
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(Zach Trenholm/Salon)

"In our culture, girls don't move out"

Cary Tennis
The author with his daughter

Sorry I used to be a sexist

Mo Elleithee
(AP/Steven Senne/Salon)

Feminism's ongoing revolution

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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