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  1. Sleeping Through the Night Is a Relatively New InventionShorter chunks of shut-eye used to be more normal than one long, uninterrupted snooze.
    By Benjamin Reiss
  2. My Mother’s MurderShe disappeared when I was four. It was years before I understood why.
  3. The 1930s Scientist Who Popularized a Terrifying Brain SurgeryA brief, unsettling history of the lobotomy.
    By Jennifer Wright
  4. cut cover story
    Self-Empowerment Is Just Another Word for NarcissismHow contemporary feminism has lost its way.
    By Jessa Crispin
  5. The Golden Girls Proved Its Fearlessness Yet Again When It Tackled HIV/AIDSThe show reminded viewers of its progressiveness when Rose had an HIV scare.
    By Jim Colucci
  6. first person
    When Good Christian Girls Need Planned ParenthoodThey were there for me when no one else was.
    By Sara Novic
  7. book excerpt
    How to Murder Your LifeI was a slutty and self-loathing downtown party girl fellatrix rushing to ruin.
    By Cat Marnell
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    Cheryl Strayed Was $85,000 in Debt When Her Memoir Wild Got PublishedIn the book Scratch, the author discusses her financial highs (sizable advances) and lows (qualifying for food stamps as a published author).
    By Vulture Editors
  9. Your Emotions Are More Malleable Than You ThinkHere’s how to turn your stress into excitement.
    By Ian Robertson
  10. the national interest
    Barack Obama’s Legacy Is More Secure Than You, or the GOP, ThinkIt could be as hard to dismantle as a wall is to build.
    By Jonathan Chait
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    My First Day Microdosing With LSDThe drug was a new treatment for my mood disorder — and the first problem was how to buy it.
    By Ayelet Waldman
  12. Sebastian Bach’s Gilmore Girls Fanboy MomentAn excerpt from his new memoir. 
    By Sebastian Bach
  13. abortion
    4 Women on Having Abortions Before They Were Legal“I just remember thinking, I’m going to get through this.”
    By Claire Landsbaum
  14. science of us
    Remembering Childhood Trauma That Never HappenedMemory is incredibly malleable – which means that it’s not that difficult to falsely convince someone they experienced something horrific.
    By Eric Vance
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    DJ Khaled Recalls Jet Ski Snapchats in The Keys“Don’t ride your Jet Ski in the dark, but if you do, make sure you have your phone because that flashlight is a key.”
    By DJ Khaled
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    My Life in the Plague YearsLife under AIDS, and — just as a new memorial goes up in Greenwich Village — how much has been forgotten.
    By David France
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    How Laura Jane Grace Chose Her NameAn excerpt from her new memoir, Tranny.
    By Laura Jane Grace
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    Jessie Initially Took Speed on Saved by the BellThat’s that reason she was so, so excited. 
    By Peter Engel
  19. What Happened When Schools Tried to Bribe Students Into Getting Good GradesMoney-as-motivator is never as straightforward as it seems like it should be.
    By Claudia Hammond
  20. How to Make Luke’s Coffee From Gilmore GirlsFor when you need coffee in an IV. 
    By Kristi Carlson
  21. first person
    On Being the Media’s Token Muslim GirlIf I was a Muslim woman with darker skin, I doubt I’d be getting as much airtime as I am right now.
    By Amani
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    It Feels Great to Successfully Call Out Sexism in Media (and Jonathan Franzen)An excerpt from Jennifer Weiner’s new memoir, Hungry Heart. 
    By Jennifer Weiner
  23. The Problem With Positive Psychology: You Can’t Always Make Yourself HappyThere’s such a thing as taking too much responsibility for your own happiness.
    By Ruth Whippman
  24. Writing Lyrics With Bob Dylan Is Weird“He looked like he hadn’t bathed in weeks.”
    By Carol Bayer Sager
  25. book excerpt
    Read the Harrowing Intro to I Am Brian Wilson“Sometimes they just skip the music and go right for me. We’re coming for you, Brian. This is the end, Brian. We are going to kill you, Brian.”
    By Linda Laban and Brian Wilson
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    The Single Greatest Moment in Black-Women Television HistoryAn ode to Viola Davis and How to Get Away With Murder.
    By Phoebe Robinson
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    Read an Excerpt From Lil Wayne’s Prison JournalThe book, written during his eight-month jail sentence at Rikers Island in 2010, is out this week.
    By Lil Wayne
  28. Read an Excerpt From Lil Wayne’s Prison JournalThe book, written during his eight-month jail sentence at Rikers Island in 2010, is out this week.
    By Lil Wayne
  29. You Can Write Your Way Out of an Emotional Funk. Here’s How.It takes 20 minutes.
    By Susan David
  30. 6 Internet Words With Surprisingly Old OriginsThe Greek, Viking, and mystical origins of some of the digital world’s most widely used words.
    By Tom Chatfield
  31. A Neuroscientist Explains Why You’re Terrible With NamesIn a purely objective sense, a person’s face and name are, by and large, unrelated.
    By Dean Burnett
  32. The Internet Isn’t Making Us Dumber — It’s Making Us More ‘Meta-Ignorant’We’re less aware of how much we don’t know.
    By William Poundstone
  33. Diarrhea Is the Wartime Enemy No One MentionsSometimes, keeping soldiers safe means understanding their bowel movements.
    By Mary Roach
  34. the old kanye
    A Former Rapper Remembers When Kanye Was ‘Urkel’“I was told: ‘When you can’t afford Just Blaze, you get Kanye West.’” 
    By Jensen Karp
  35. election 2016
    The GOP’s House Seats Are Safe. Here’s Why.Hillary may win the presidency, but the House belongs to the GOP.
    By David Daley
  36. women at work
    How Three Women Found Unexpected True CallingsA bricklayer, policewoman, and subway conductor discover passion for their work.
    By StoryCorps
  37. advice
    How to Politely Have an Amazing ThreesomeTake care of the following and you’ve got very little to be afraid of.
    By Amy Rose Spiegel
  38. How to Be a Stepmom to the Son of Your Ex and His Dead WifeStep one: Don’t press charges when the kid crashes your car.
    By Lauren Weedman
  39. sequential art
    Will Eisner and the Secret History of the Graphic NovelAn exclusive excerpt from a new Eisner biography.
    By Paul Levitz
  40. Confronting a Horace Mann Teacher Who Abused His StudentsAnd how the school haggled with one of his victims when she and other survivors sued.
    By Amos Kamil and Sean Elder
  41. thanks for sharing
    Diary of a Sperm DonorA gay man finds spirituality through giving.
    By Mike Albo
  42. A Tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s StyleAn excerpt from Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
    By Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik
  43. book excerpt
    How Back to the Future Replaced Eric StoltzAn excerpt from Caseen Gaines’s We Don’t Need Roads.
    By Caseen Gaines
  44. first person
    Losing My Grandfather Meant Losing Part of My HeritageHe was one of the only living ties I had to Puerto Rico, and now he was gone.
    By Alida Nugent
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    Book Excerpt: Elvis Costello Shares the Inspiration Behind ‘Alison’A chapter from the singer-songwriter’s memoir, Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink.
    By Elvis Costello
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    The Powerful Appeal of Modern Witchcraft — Even for a SkepticA writer immerses herself in the world of Paganism.
    By Alex Mar
  47. marriage equality
    The Unexpected Personal Connection Behind the DOMA DecisionIn an excerpt from her new memoir, lawyer Roberta Kaplan describes how she first crossed paths with Edie Windsor and Thea Spyer.
    By Roberta Kaplan and Lisa Dickey
  48. tips
    How to Get Out of Any Party ConversationA helpful guide.
    By Josh Gondelman and Joe Berkowitz
  49. self portrait
    Return Ticket: The Memories on My BookshelfRereading is like rewriting ourselves, reinventing the past.
    By Valeria Luiselli
  50. self portrait
    What I Left Out of My MemoirWhen she wrote her book, Mac McClelland omitted one tiny detail. Should she have?
    By Mac McClelland
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