I Barely Spoke for the First 13 Years of My Life — Here's How I Became 'The Girl Who Doesn't Talk' (Exclusive)

After struggling with selective mutism throughout her childhood, Erin Silvia, now 41, shares how she overcame the severe ...
Business Insider

I rented a Model Y for my first long-distance drive. I struggled with it for all the reasons people love the EV.

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I’m a doctor — and I introduce myself by my first name

Tsai is an emergency medicine physician and writer. Growing up, my father always instructed me to pronounce my name correctly. He taught me if I wasn’t careful to pronounce the hard T, it would sound ...
Slate

My First Year Sober Was Blissful. No One Prepared Me for What Came Next.

Ask A.J. is Slate’s advice column on addiction, recovery, and how to hate yourself less. Submit a question here. It’s anonymous! Dear A.J., I spent over 30 years in the bottle and decided enough is ...

Giving Birth to My First Child Was Traumatic. I Wanted a Redo.

After my baby was whisked away to the NICU, I couldn’t stop replaying bad memories. A year and a half later, I was ready to ...
The New York Times

Can You Re-enter Your Virgin Era? Pop Culture Does It All the Time.

Has a conservative cultural moment primed viewers to embrace a dating show about adult virgins? Perhaps. But the obsession with virginity has always been there. By Erik Piepenburg Hulu’s new dating ...