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Nell Beram

Nell Beram is coauthor of "Yoko Ono: Collector of Skies," a former Awl columnist, and an original member of the Magnetic Fields.

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

Mary Tyler Mom: My mother was a style icon — but our tastes couldn’t have been more different

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Michelangelo's David (Franco Origlia/Getty Images)

Look at him: Why can’t straight guys acknowledge male beauty without freaking out?

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The Prince of Wales with Prince William and Prince Harry outside Westminster Abbey at the funeral of Diana, The Princess of Wales on September 6, 1997. (Anwar Hussein/WireImage/Getty Images)

“Dear Edward” gets children’s grief right – just ask Prince Harry

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Melia Kreiling, James Corden and Caroline Long in "Mammals" (Rory Mulvey/Prime Video)

Women on the verge: Is “Mammals” really about marriage and monogamy after all?

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Concept of love (Getty Images/SvetaZi)

Monogamy, without the “-ish”: A humble and definitely not cool defense of the closed relationship

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Javier Bardem as Desi Arnaz in "Being the Ricardos" (Amazon Studios/Glen Wilson)

Being Desi Arnaz: The “flawed genius” that “Being the Ricardos” doesn’t show – or see

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J. Smith Cameron and Kieran Culkin in "Succession" (Macall B. Polay/HBO)

Gerri & Roman: A one-way “Succession” lust story

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Glass of beer and a glass of water (Getty Images/Jose A. Bernat Bacete)

Why I’m (still) straight edge

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Jerry Hall attends the Equal Means Equal event on May 21, 2019 in New York (Aurora Rose/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

At 65 Jerry Hall has proven to be more than just a rich man’s arm candy – she’s a feminist firebrand

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Best of 2020: “Low class” Donald Trump and the Wasps

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Donald Trump in polite society (Getty Images/Salon)

“Low class” Donald Trump and the Wasps: Reckoning with vulgarity, snobbery and the presidency

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Dick van Dyke; Valerie Harper; Carol Burnett (Getty/Joshua Blanchard/Theo Wargo/Jason Merritt)

Are you my (substitute) mother? A guide to picking your celebrity stand-in parents

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Cynthia Nixon, Will Ferrell, Julia Roberts (Reuters/Stefanie Loos/Dylan Martinez/Lucy Nicholson)

Farewell to my face: I’m middle-aged and I look it — but don’t ask me to like it

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“The Sopranos” at 17: After watching all six seasons, I’m left with the queasy feeling that the legions of fans of the show have been played

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Nora Ephron (Reuters/Lucas Jackson)

The troubled marriage that inspired Nora Ephron

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