Tag: Self-Discovery Journey
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In pursuit of a lifelong creativity
Writer Dorothea Lasky ruminates on the nature of creativity, witchcraft, and the eternal nobility of being an artist.
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Why I Broke Up with New York
Most people accept the city’s chaos as a toll for an expansive life. It took me several decades to realize that I could go my own way.
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‘It’s not just pleasure – it’s resistance’: portraits of people with their sex toys around the world
Gulim in Kazakhstan keeps her very first one as a souvenir while Coco in Thailand breaks the law by having them, and Serena in Italy says they’re essential. But there’s still a stigma when it comes to talking about sex toys. That’s why Gabriele Galimberti’s images are so powerful, writes author and academic Roxane Gay…
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Finding a Family of Boys
Tags: Coming of age Family Friendship Identity Masculinity Memoir Race Self-Discovery Journey Youth & EducationLeaving Brooklyn for a new life as a college student in Manhattan was in itself an act of becoming.
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Life After Uncovering a Mind-Blowing Family Secret
Dani Shapiro talks about her extraordinary new memoir, Inheritance, and what it’s like to “rewrite” your origin story at age 54.