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Taffy Brodesser-Akner

Taffy Brodesser-Akner has written for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Self, Redbook, and other publications.

A photo of the author with her mom and son. (Reyna Zack Photography/<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-85p1.html'>Melissa King</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

How I met my mother

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Old ladies who didn’t love me

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Interview With My Bully: The bully who denied it

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Tales of a recovering blabbermouth

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I can’t believe my best friend is a Republican

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Our Thanksgiving of discord

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Why is Mommy so mad?

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The strange story of my son’s circumcision

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How childbirth caused my PTSD

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Facebook, the mean girls and me

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