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N95 respirator and KN95 respirator mask PPE for protection against COVID-19 (Getty Images/sockagphoto)

I can't stop hoarding N95 masks

Rachel Kramer Bussel
Close-Up Of Hand Giving A Child A Flower (Getty Images/Kittichet Tungsubphokin/EyeEm)

My mom finally made her choice

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Author's grandfather, Johann Bischoff | The extended Bischoff family circa 1932, before Hitler won the election. The author's mother is the little girl in the middle on the bottom. (Photo illustration by Salon/Photos courtesy of author)

My grandfather's Nazi complicity

Mary Louise Wells
(Rocky Luten / Food52)

On Black celebrations and yellow cake

Deb Freeman - Food52
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Reminder Quit Job in calendar (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/amnarj2006)

The sobering truth about quitting my job

Jackie Lieske
Sun Shining Through Oak Tree Branches (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/bruev)

Best of 2021: Sex in trees

Abbigail Nguyen Rosewood
Great-Uncle Allan (Photo illustration by Salon/Michael H. Hodges/Getty Images)

Looking for Uncle Allan: A queer odyssey

Michael H. Hodges
Improvised desk on the balcony, with a wooden table, a digital tablet and headphones (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Sol de Zuasnabar Brebbia)

Best of 2021: Rapture in the Zoom

Nancy McCabe
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(Rocky Luten / Food52)

When everything's wrong, eat baked pasta

Helena Fitzgerald - Food52
Tucker Carlson on TV (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How schizophrenia made me a Republican

Patty Mulcahy
Holy Bible (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Krisanapong Detraphiphat)

Religious extremism is normal in America

Shawna Kay Rodenberg
D. Watkins and Dante Barksdale (Illustration by Salon/D Watkins)

I failed my friend Dante Barksdale

D. Watkins
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Ashleé and Addy (Photo illustration by Salon/Photo provided by Ashleé Clark)

Best of 2021: We were American Girls

Ashleé Clark
Elf on the Shelf on a skateboard (Alison Stine)

Making peace with the Elf on the Shelf

Alison Stine
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
Razor on a sunrise (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

I shaved my legs like I found love

Kendra Jo
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(Bobbi Lin / Food52)

Navigating the holiday season after loss

Lisa Ruland - Food52
A young sad adult man sitting alone on wooden bench (Getty Images/FotoDuets)

Where the depressed are not welcome

Robert Isaacs
A teacher points to a diagram of female reproductive organs projected on a screen in a classroom in a scene from Human Growth, an education film on sex education shown to students in Oregon junior high schools beginning in 1948. (Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)

America's awful sex ed

Allison Jack
A child and parent holding hands (Getty stock photos/boonchai wedmakawand)

23 and Not Me: Why I'll skip a DNA test

Sarah C. Baldwin
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Dear Father... (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

"Dear Father" letters and DNA tests

Brittany Penner
Christmas 2020 snack spread (Photo courtesy of Maggie Hennessy)

How to make holidays any time, any place

Maggie Hennessy
Big mess in an over stuffed suburban garage (Getty Images/Denis Torkhov)

Marie Kondo, false prophet

Nicole Cain
Glass of beer and a glass of water (Getty Images/Jose A. Bernat Bacete)

Why I'm (still) straight edge

Nell Beram
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