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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.

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Salon’s reader comments of the week: “I packed a bag and fled”

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Heights neighborhood of Jersey City, NJ (AP/Julio Cortez)

I left my heart in Jersey City: Lessons from a family funeral

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"Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile" (Brian Douglas/Voltage Pictures)

Making Ted Bundy a “rock star”: Are we creeps for loving true crime?

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Dwayne Johnson (Getty/Christopher Polk)

What celebrity is your fantasy pick for president?

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Kyrsten Sinema (AP/Rick Scuteri)

What’s “appropriate” attire for a female senator?

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Rivers Cuomo of Weezer (Getty/Kevin Winter)

Generation X exists! New Weezer album is the sound of our middle-aged middle-child syndrome

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Melissa McCarthy in "Can You Ever Forgive Me?" (Mary Cybulski)

Melissa McCarthy, as you haven’t seen her: Why her “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” Oscar nod is a thrill

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"Duped: Double Lives, False Identities, and the Con Man I Almost Married" by Abby Ellin (Aaron Fedor/PublicAffairs)

Swept off her feet by a con artist: What Abby Ellin knows now about being “Duped”

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Life after social media: What I discovered after deleting all of my accounts

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Gaby Dunn (Doug Frerichs)

Author Gaby Dunn on being “Bad With Money”

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Can American Christianity ever be progressive?

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Michael Cera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, and Jonah Hill in "Superbad" (Columbia Pictures)

What’s your favorite gross-out teen comedy?

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Jeff Bezos (Getty/Alex Wong)

Are you reveling in the Bezos divorce drama?

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Should the Oscars go host-free?

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Women stop shaving for “Januhairy” and the backlash is all too predictable

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Is there a link between fundamentalism and impairment?

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Have you quit drinking for January?

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Have you ever had an encounter with a psychic?

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What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape by Sohaila Abdulali (The New Press/Tom Unger)

Author Sohaila Abdulali: “It’s not a survivor’s duty to cure rape”

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When was the last time you went to the library?

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Do your family secrets define you?

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NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 01: Louis C.K. performs on stage as The New York Comedy Festival and The Bob Woodruff Foundation present the 10th Annual Stand Up for Heroes event at The Theater at Madison Square Garden on November 1, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Bob Woodruff Foundation) (Kevin Mazur)

Louis C.K. is back, and it’s bad: Leaked stand-up set shows he’s lost more than his reputation

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Cancer patients deserve good sex: “It’s totally life-affirming”

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Rhea Seehorn and Bob Odenkirk in "Better Call Saul" (AMC/Nicole Wilder)

What was your most memorable TV moment of 2018?

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