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A general view of the atmosphere during Lollapalooza at Grant Park on August 05, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. (Erika Goldring/WireImage/Getty Images)

My first festival ... and panic attack

Gabriella Ferrigine
Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively in "It Ends With Us" (Sony Pictures Entertainment/Nicole Rivelli)

Why did she stay? The same reasons I did

Britt Tisdale
Sha'Carri Richardson poses for a photo while riding with teammates on a boat with teammates along the Seine River during the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Ashley Landis - Pool/Getty Images)

In defense of elaborate, unwieldy nails

Nardos Haile
Therapist going on vacation, leaving an empty couch (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Help! My therapist is on vacation

Susan Shapiro
Blonde woman dancing in a wheat field (Getty Images/Svittlana Kuchina)

Ballerina Farm & life after pointe shoes

Janine Kovac
Famous American fitness coach Richard Simmons during his Cruise to Lose, which sailed through the Caribbean, on January 14, 1996. (Evan Hurd/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images)

Richard Simmons helped me move with joy

JoAnna Novak
Lozano Car Wash (Photo courtesy of Natalie Jabbar)

Magic half-hours at Lozano Car Wash

Natalie Jabbar
Attendees sit outside the Fiserv Forum during the second day of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 16, 2024. (NICK OXFORD/AFP via Getty Images)

Surreal encounters of the RNC kind

Kris Kodrich
Vegetables on a grill (Getty Images/Betsie Van Der Meer)

Celebrating food, even with allergies

Gabriella Ferrigine
Woman holding a bisexual pride flag (Getty Images/Wirestock)

What I wish I'd known about bisexuality

Emma Nadler
Caring father combing little daughter's hair (Getty Images/mediaphotos)

My dad's unabashed sense of self

Gabriella Ferrigine
Joey Clift has a lost weekend with Garfield at the Motel 6 Garfield Suite (Photo by Matt Mazany)

My path to enlightenment via Garfield

Joey Clift
Harris Dickinson in "The Iron Claw" (A24)

No "Iron Claw" nostalgia for my son

Chris Koslowski
Mother and daughter having fun together while dancing in the kitchen (Getty Images/FG Trade)

Why Gen-Z loves watching Gen-X dance

Gabriella Ferrigine
The river Usk winding its way through the Welsh countryside. (Getty Images/Andrew Holt)

Don't "fall in love" with a destination

Pamela Petro
Multi-tasking mum (Getty Images/Thanasis Zovoilis)

Common ground in mothering and writing

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

My very own Mary Tyler Mom

Nell Beram
Photo of author at 3 weeks old held by their mother (Photo illustration by Salon/Randall Horton/Getty Images)

I understand my mother's tough love now

Randall Horton
Protesters at the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Jan. 6 kept pulling my family apart

Craig Sicknick
Taylor Swift performs onstage during the Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour at Lincoln Financial Field on May 12, 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Lisa Lake/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management)

Taylor Swift, grief therapist?

Molly Saint-James
Kurt Cobain of Nirvana during the taping of MTV Unplugged at Sony Studios in New York City, 11/18/93. (Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)

Kurt Cobain, Gen Z and me

Gabriella Ferrigine
Woman with a pink dress and turquoise heels (Getty Images/YuriF)

"You don't look like an artist"

Jenny Irish
Red Apples Pattern (Getty Images/MirageC)

An apple a day might not be enough

D. Watkins
Everest Base Camp 5364 m, written on a big rock on Khumbu glacier, Mt. Everest behind covered by monsoon clouds. (Frank Bienewald/LightRocket via Getty Images)

My hardest medical job wasn't on Everest

Mimi Zieman
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