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Man with cracked tooth smile (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

I can’t afford to replace my veneers

Edgar Gomez
Sabrina Carpenter and Marcello Hernandez at the Variety Power of Young Hollywood Event at the Santa Monica Proper Hotel on August 8, 2024 in Santa Monica, California. (Christopher Polk/Variety via Getty Images)

Short celebrities stood tall in 2024

Nardos Haile
Italy, Magenta Hospital, Emergency. (Giovanni Mereghetti/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Moving to Italy for health care was wise

Linda Barnett
When D Watkins met Nikki Giovanni, Salon TV studios in 2017 (Peter Cooper/Salon)

How Nikki Giovanni taught me to be free

D. Watkins
Woman sitting getting a manicure (Getty Images/ABRAHAM GONZALEZ FERNANDEZ)

Is it accommodation, or is it luxury?

Paulette Perhach
A delivery worker rides his bike on July 07, 2023 in New York City. Grubhub, DoorDash and Uber Eats sued the City of New York on July 6th in order to block its new minimum pay rules for food delivery workers. (Leonardo Munoz/VIEWpress/Getty Images)

My year of ditching food delivery apps

Ashlie D. Stevens
Woman stressed out with her finances (Getty Images/Happy Kikky)

The challenge of managing ADHD and money

Paulette Perhach
Pop! Vinyl Funkos for sale during London Super Comic Con at Business Design Centre on August 25, 2017 in London, England. (Ollie Millington/Getty Images)

This Black Friday, no buying toys for me

Jay Deitcher
A woman cooking at night in the kitchen (Getty Images/Photographer, Basak Gurbuz Derman)

Gratitude changed how I cooked this year

Ashlie D. Stevens
Woman drinking alone at a bar (Getty Images/yamasan)

Wait—are all moms "middle-aged" now?

Christine Ma-Kellams
Brad Pitt in the film "Interview with the Vampire" (Francois Duhamel/Sygma via Getty Images)

"Vampire" at 30: A tale of eternal hope

Kelly McClure
Writer at their typewriter, making money (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Mastering the business of creativity

Paulette Perhach
JD Vance | Green Bank, West Virginia (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

My strange year tracking JD Vance

John Ball
Woman voting on election day (Getty Images/Tetra Images)

I used to vote with my husband. Not now

S.C. Beckner
US Vice President Kamala Harris shops at Bowers Fancy Dairy Products in Eastern Market, Washington, DC, on August 4, 2023. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Deep canvassing key to bridging our gaps

Greg Harris
A woman facing a cemetery (Photo illustration by Salon/Photo courtesy of the author/Getty Images)

What owning a cemetery taught me

Sarah Gundle
Father Helping Daughter To Learn Skiing (Getty Images/CasarsaGuru)

What my dad said changed everything

Jacqueline LeKachman
Supporters of US President Donald Trump participate in the Million MAGA March to protest the outcome of the 2020 presidential election in front of the US Supreme Court on December 12, 2020 in Washington, DC. (JOSE LUIS MAGANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Invasion of the MAGA body snatchers

Mike Lofgren
Sister in shadow (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

A secret sister, lost and found

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Feeling disconnected from the group (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/MTStock Studio)

I hate making less money than my friends

Paulette Perhach
Light coming from book (Getty Images/filipfoto)

From "Orphan X" to AI

Gregg Hurwitz
Senior man with hearing aid (Getty Images/Westend61)

Navigating the grief of hearing loss

Stephen G. Bloom
Fog shrouds the skyline of lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center as the sun rises in New York City as a person runs past the Empty Sky 9/11 Memorial on September 11, 2023, in Jersey City, New Jersey. (Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)

Sharing my 9/11 story changed me

Gabriella Ferrigine
A general view of the atmosphere at The Rum Kitchen's Valentine's Speed Dating with The Village Bicycle in London, England. (Dave M. Benett/Getty Images)

I left speed dating with female friends

Nardos Haile
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