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Ray Gootz (Alex Valderana)

I lost my virginity at 37

Ray Gootz
(Kayla Jean)

How I wrote a song with Bob Dylan

Trapper Schoepp
Santa Claus in Los Angeles (Getty Images/iStock/Salon)

A hired Santa's Christmas in Los Angeles

Brad Griffith
Dancers (Getty Images)

The last time I danced

Rachel Leah
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Open bible in church (Getty Images)

My priest was an accused abuser

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Father and two daughters taking a walk down the street (Getty Images) (Getty Images)

Having a kid means I have to move away

D. Watkins
Caroll Spinney with 'Big Bird' during Florida Supercon at the Broward County Convention Center on Friday, July 13, 2018 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Photo by (Michele Eve Sandberg/Invision/AP)

Big Bird was my pen pal

CJ Casciotta
Minutemen pass through a stretch of remote Sonoran desert that has been damaged by groups of migrants having to discard clothing and medicine on their journey north. Thirty miles from the Mexican border, Minutemen volunteers from across America spend time patrolling a large private ranch in the Altar Valley of southern Arizona, searching for "illegal" migrants making their way north through the harsh desert terrain. Although most of the Minutemen carry guns, they are under strict instructions to not chase or apprehend migrants, but instead to report sightings to the border patrol. | Location: Three Points, Arizona, USA. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

"Finding the bones was heartbreaking"

Christine Hannigan
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Thanksgiving Turkey (Salon/Ilana Lidagoster)

The vegetarian cooks a turkey

Lisa Haas

Fired from the New York Times over Trump

Carlos Cunha
40th Birthday Cake (Getty Images)

I never planned on seeing 40

D. Watkins
Mariska Hargitay as Captain Olivia Benson on Law & Order: SVU (Virginia Sherwood/NBC)

Olivia Benson isn't coming to see me

JoAnne Silver Jones
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Writing dark themes after becoming a parent (Salon/Ilana Lidagoster)

On mothers and monsters

Amber Cowie
Gender Nonconforming (Getty Images/Salon)

How gender ideals limit us from birth

Shane Tan
Wedding in prison (Getty Images/Salon)

My wedding day, inside a prison

Keeonna Harris
Homemade hot chocolate with cinnamon in enamel mug (Getty Images)

Cracking the City Bakery chocolate code

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Children holding hands and running through the park. (Getty Images)

Raising a Black girl in white America

D. Watkins
29th July 1974: The Judiciary Committee Impeachment Panel gathered to hear evidence in the Watergate affair, eventually leading to the impeachment of President Nixon. From left to right, Donohue, Rodino and Hutchinson. (Keystone/Getty Images)

How an impeachment unfolds

James Reston Jr.
Father and two daughters taking a walk down the street (Getty Images)

Why having a kid means moving away

D. Watkins
TOPSHOT - A picture taken on November 13, 2018, shows Tanzanian soldiers from the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) patroling against Ugandan Allied Democratic Force (ADF) rebels in Beni. - The Beni area has for the last four years been under seige from the ADF, an Islamist armed group that has killed hundreds of people since 2014. (Photo by John WESSELS / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOHN WESSELS/AFP/Getty Images) (John Wessels/AFP/Getty Images)

The forgotten trauma of a forgotten war

Nick Turse - TomDispatch.com
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Feeling naked and exposed on Yom Kippur

Lisa Tognola
Pregnant couple holding baby shoes (Getty Images/Salon)

My biggest and best fear: Fatherhood

D. Watkins
The tiny paper dragon, in the palm of Rene’s hand (photo provided by PR firm)

A gift from an innocent man on death row

Rene Denfeld
Waitress working at a restaurant (Getty Images)

"That waitress who thinks she can write"

Mesha Maren
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