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Abby Cadabby finds a look-alike to dance with along the parade route at Sesame Place Thursday, Aug.4, 2011 in Langhorne, PA. (Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Sesame Place is no "Sesame Street"

D. Watkins
American real estate magnate Donald Trump with his first wife, Ivana (nee Zelnickova) at the Costume Institute Gala, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 9th December 1985. (Tom Gates/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Ivana and me? It's complicated

Susan Shapiro
Sujata Day at camp (Photo provided by Sujata Day)

My hot Indian summers at Hindu camp

Sujata Day
Yellow squash (Getty Images/Tetra Images)

Caramelized squash for battling burn out

Ashlie D. Stevens
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Doctor Doing Ultrasound / Sonogram Scan to a Pregnant Woman (Getty Images/gorodenkoff)

How an abortion saved my child's life

Kristin Diversi
Woman With Pregnancy Test (Getty Images/VioletaStoimenova)

Ending a pregnancy in Roe's last days

Julie Parker
Young woman blurry reflection on the damaged mirror (Getty images/Rafael Elias)

"My face looked wrong": What BDD is like

Tammy Rabideau
Two women holding hands floating in inner tubes on the river on a summer evening (Getty Images/Thomas Barwick)

Say gay

Lauren McBrayer
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Peaches (Getty Images/Christine von Diepenbroek)

The healing power of the peach

Ashlie D. Stevens
Rose Petal Floating in water for Scattered Ashes Funeral Ceremony (Getty Images/WeeranuchL)

Antyesti in Brooklyn, for my father

Chaya Bhuvaneswar
Rear View Of People Lined Up At Graduation Ceremony (Getty Images / Supachok Pichetkul / EyeEm)

Make graduations less boring, please!

D. Watkins
McDonald's Big Mac (Yu Chun Christopher Wong/S3studio/Getty Images)

A tale of love and Big Macs

Gary Derish
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The Koutoubia Mosque's minaret and tourists in Djemaa el Fna square at sunset, Marrakech, Morocco (Marco Bottigelli)

"We were homeless in Marrakech"

Jacinda Townsend
Desk with a medical stethoscope, a book and a cup of coffee (iStock/Getty Images)

My father, the disapproving doctor

Susan Shapiro
D Watkins and his daughter (Photo courtesy of D Watkins)

Am I a great dad or a terrible dad?

D. Watkins
A common frog with its head out of the water (Getty Images/Manuel ROMARIS)

Making sense of a senseless world

Helena Ku Rhee
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)

Notes on “E.T.,” now we're in our 40s

Erin Keane
(Julia Gartland / Food52)

Arepas are my new favorite comfort food

Kristen Pizzo - Food52
Shaving razors behind caution tape (Getty Images/Ekaterina Morozova)

Let's celebrate the art of the glow-down

Jesmeen Kaur Deo
(Gary Schiro / Food52)

The frittata that bought us a house

Gary Schiro - Food52
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Abortion rights demonstrators gather near the Washington Monument during a nationwide rally in support of abortion rights in Washington, D.C., US, on May 14, 2022. (Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Love letter to Roe & my first pregnancy

Anusha Viswanathan
Student sitting in class (Getty Images/lisapics)

When perfect math meets a broken world

Daniel Rockmore
Chef Adriana Urbana’s scallop crudo. (Kathryn Sheldon / Institute of Culinary Education)

How to create Latin American flavor

Adriana Urbana - Institute of Culinary Education
Close up of a woman's ear (Getty Images/Karin Dreyer)

I have a hard time hearing men—literally

Lise Ragbir
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