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Mary Elizabeth Williams is a senior writer for Salon. She's written for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and more, and is the author of "A Series of Catastrophes & Miracles: A True Story of Love, Science, and Cancer." She has a certification in conflict resolution and is working on her doctoral degree in medical humanities.

Ralph Macchio (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

“Daniel LaRusso felt like someone I knew”: Ralph Macchio on the eternal appeal of “The Karate Kid”

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Alone and in pain (Getty Images/J_art)

“I was 13 when doctors started telling me to have a baby”: A real-life tale of medical trauma

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Whiskey Pear Cobbler (Mary Elizabeth Williams)

Whiskey and pear cobbler is like a warm night in Nashville

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Stressed mother and her baby (Getty Images/SolStock)

Are depressed moms to blame for their children’s developmental delays?

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Polenta Lasagna (Mary Elizabeth Williams)

Polenta lasagna is comfort food for when you’re burned out on pasta

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Chocolate pumpkin cake (Mary Elizabeth Williams)

Chocolate pumpkin cake deserves to be your favorite snack all year long

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Protesters rally against a mask mandate, many showing support for US President Donald Trump, in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 22, 2020. (BRIDGET BENNETT/AFP via Getty Images)

Do conservatives really have an empathy deficit? This is what social science says

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Grimacing businessman looking at computer screen (Getty Images/Westend61)

Why are security questions so dumb?

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Anchovy Spaghetti (Mary Elizabeth Williams)

Nadiya Hussain’s anchovy breadcrumb spaghetti is your coziest weeknight dinner

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Programming code and AI brain (Getty Images/Yuichiro Chino)

Our memory records very little of our lives. So how does the brain reconcile our sense of self?

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Bowl of homemade butter (Getty Images/milanfoto)

Don’t be afraid of the impending butter shortage; just make your own

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Andrew Zimmern (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

A family dinner is never actually about how good the food is, says Andrew Zimmern

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Peanut butter puff marshmallow squares (Mary Elizabeth Williams)

Molly Yeh’s nutty no-bake marshmallow squares are too good to share with your kids

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Crispy Mushrooms (Mary Elizabeth Williams)

Andy Baraghani’s crispy mushrooms with soy butter are autumn on a plate

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Raccoon (Getty Images / Mykel Leddel / EyeEm)

When it comes to raccoons, it’s the shy ones you have to watch out for. Here’s why

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Chocolate Snaps (Mary Elizabeth Williams)

This spin on Milk Bar’s “snaps” are a salty, no-bake chocolate treat

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Dutch baby pizza (Mary Elizabeth Williams)

Dutch baby pizza is everything you love about pizza, any time you want it

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Women's tampon with blue on the end (Getty Images/Петр Ткаченко)

Why are our lady fluids so often depicted as blue?

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Young woman sitting on sofa with face beauty mask in front of laptop and doing yoga or meditation (Getty Images/triocean)

“The Gospel of Wellness” author on the cult of Gwyneth, and why Goop fans don’t buy the snake oil

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Cheesy gouda rollups (Mary Elizabeth Williams)

Level up your grilled cheese with crunchy, buttery, dippable Gouda roll-ups

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Businessman holding picture of happy face (Getty Images/Robert Daly)

Americans are less happy than ever. What are we doing wrong?

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Sad Boy (Getty Images / Sian Cox / EyeEm)

American boys and men are suffering — and our culture doesn’t know how to talk about it

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Turkish eggs (Mary Elizabeth WIlliams)

Turkish eggs are the most garlicky, buttery way possible to start the day

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Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) speaks beside antiabortion leaders during the announcement of an abortion bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Tuesday, September 13, 2022. (Tom Brenner for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Lindsey Graham would hate it if America’s abortion laws really were like Europe’s

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