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By Anne Roderique-Jones If you haven’t heard the story of 64-year-old Sandra Hemme, you’re not alone. Hemme is the longest-known wrongfully incarcerated woman in U.S. history. She was released last week. When I first came across this case, I was surprised to see so little media coverage about it. That fact alone was concerning. What…

On a classically beautiful June day, I celebrated my birthday with friends, swimming in the sun and enjoying a delicious cake. That evening, fueled by the day's joy and love, I decided to lay in bed and write about my death.

I don't know how I came up with the idea to do a boudoir shoot. I was living in northwest Arkansas in a quaint city called Bentonville, which is Walmart's hometown.

When men start losing their hair, they have the option to bite the bullet, buzz it all off, and, at least in theory, join the “bald hottie” ranks populated by the likes of Tyrese Gibson, Stanley Tucci, and Jason Statham.

In late 2021, journalist Samhita Mukhopadhyay made an astute observation in her essay for The Cut: The Girlboss is Dead, Long Live The Girlboss. In it, she captured the downfall of an era, that for a brief time, held so many of us in a chokehold:

I peered over the edge of the boat and prepared to hurl myself into the jet-black nighttime waters of the Luminous Lagoon on the coast of Jamaica. “Don’t worry,” our guide assured me, “these waters are piranha-free.” So there was that.

While combing through Spotify recently, I discovered an episode of the podcast Money With Katie titled “Life Coaches: Pyramid Scheme or Legitimate Investment? I Hired One to Find Out.”

I turned 40 this month. In the days, months, and years approaching this milestone, I prepared myself to take on something heavier, something that would weigh me down.

There are a lot of confusing things about getting older — like how I gleefully look forward to recycling day, or get a headache after a glass of red wine — but one thing I didn’t expect was a newfound urge to hand out advice.

Countless books have been written about dieting, weight loss, and preventing cancer, but there are not nearly enough books about period problems, pelvic pain, sexual health, and fertility issues.

Julie Scelfo — a parent and journalist who’s written for The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The San Francisco Chronicle, and others — began to feel concerned about how digital media was affecting kids after reporting on youth mental health.

It has taken me a long time to identify with the phrase “medical motherhood.”