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7 Realities Of Being Trans Back Before You Knew We Existed
Allison Washington was a transgender girl in the 1960s. Here's what she learned growing up in the 'trans dark ages.'
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4 Reasons Why Oscar Voting Is Dumb, Explained By A Voter
What actually goes into deciding who deserves an Oscar? We talked to a verified Academy member to see how this exclusive electorate operates.
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- By Robert Evans, Evan V. Symon , Saundra Sorenson
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5 Realities Of Reporting The News In A Brutal Dictatorship
'Luis' is a journalist in Venezuela, and he risked his life to bring you the stories of other journalists he knows who've risked their lives reporting the truth in
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- By Robert Evans
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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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- By Amanda Mannen
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The Skeeviest Things I Saw Working At An Adult Movie Theater
Like the drive-in, the wank theater is mostly gone. A few have managed to stick around, though, and we spoke to the former manager of one.
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- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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What Movies Get Wrong About BDSM Relationships
There are people out there who are in 24/7 master/slave relationships, complete with collars and/or certificates tagging them as lifelong partners.
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- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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The Bizarre World Of The Pro Anorexia Internet Community
Nobody really roots for health's bad guy, right? Wrong.
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- By Robert Evans
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You Heard Us Called 'Death Panels' (Here's The Truth)
It turns out all those bad guys in shows like 'House' aren't actually bad guys.
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- By Saundra Sorenson
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7 Realities Of Surviving Mass Shootings The Media Leaves Out
Since saying that America still struggles with school shootings is a championship-level understatement, we wanted to get Amanda's perspective on what happened then, and what's happened since.
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- By Mark Hill
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Secrets Of The Super Bowl Halftime Show (Told By Performers)
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- By Isaac Cabe, Micah Kosco, Chris Sopko
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Real Life Chestbursters: Battling The Dreaded Guinea Worm
Prepare to never feel clean again.
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- By Evan V. Symon
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6 Realities When Your Creepy Fetish Lands You In Prison
It turned out Gilberto Valle liked to fantasize in great detail about killing and cooking people with other strangers online -- but he insists that fantasy is all it ever was.
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- By Robert Evans
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