Amanda Mannen
How Legally Changing My Name To ‘Spider Mann’ Ruined My Life
This guy doesn't even have a Spidey Sense, which is a shame because it might've prevented him from changing his name.
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5 Things You Didn’t Know About Officer-Involved Shootings
We talked to 'Steve,' who told us, like it or not, the system is working exactly as it's designed to.
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I Had Various Parts Of My Body Hacked Off To Craft A Penis
We talked to Gerbil, a trans man who recently underwent phalloplasty, and he told us that turning a hoo-ha into a wang comes with its own unique challenges.
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7 Beautiful Vacation Spots (That Want To Kill You Dead)
Real danger comes from the outside. Especially the gorgeous, scenic outside in the Facebook photos of your richer friends.
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I Never Saw It Coming: Finding Out Your Spouse Is Trans
Issues of gender and sexuality are always complicated, and when you factor in human relationships, it's like identity calculus.
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The Untold Story Behind The Hogwarts Cat
There might be a tragic story behind Mrs. Norris.
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Realities Of Returning To Society After A Long Prison Stint
Imagine you woke up one day to find several years had gone by in a blink. That's pretty much the same situation inmates are in, and with stigma attached.
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5 Totally CRAZY CEOs Who Valued Humanity Over Profits
We tend to think that every rich CEO who isn't Elon Musk or Bruce Wayne is a smirking sociopath who orders layoffs while floating nude in a pool filled with champagne.
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- By Amanda Mannen, Tiago Svn, Eamon Lahiri
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I Played Sulu For Years (In A Series You've Never Seen)
John Lim was the Sulu you never heard of. We sat down to talk about what it would be like for your nerdiest dreams to come true.
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6 Famous Men Who Did Creepy Things To Women They Slept With
Famous people should invest more in NDA's.
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6 Brutal Dictators You Didn't Know Had Celebrity BFFs
If you find yourself getting booked to hang out with someone who's in between hearings at The Hague, it's time to fire your agent and/or hire an ethics tutor.
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6 Realities Of Life When Your Mom Is A Working Prostitute
We spoke to 'Felicia,' whose mother worked at a New Zealand brothel when Felicia was a teenager. Here's what we learned.
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6 Realities Of Having My Life Saved By A Poop Transplant
It sounds like something out of a sci-fi dystopia as imagined by Matt Stone and Trey Parker, but fecal transplants are very real.
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- By Anonymous, Amanda Mannen
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5 Disturbing Things I Learned Working At A Suicide Hotline
Even the world of suicide crisis assistance has its weird and wacky underbelly.
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- By Amanda Mannen, Saundra Sorenson
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7 Hilariously Embarrassing Archaeological Discoveries
People have always been dumb.
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7 Reasons Movies Based On A True Story Rarely Are
There's one little thing preventing biopics from being good, and by 'one little thing' we mean several giant problems.
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5 Dark Sides Of America You Only See As A Small Town Doctor
We talked to Sean Conroy, a physician assistant working in 'middle-of-nowhere Kansas,' about the reality of rural medicine.
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I Never Went Through Puberty: Life As A Perpetual Adolescent
Imagine a guy who society considers 'uncool' in every way. There's a significant chance he's suffering from a medical condition, and a treatable one at that.
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I Manage A Strip Club (And Not The Classy Kind)
Sometimes Hollywood leaves out the more uncomfortable details of strip clubs.
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