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Staying Alive Inside While Feeling Dead to the World
A too-much tipping point is closer than you think and anyone can end up on it.
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Daphne Berryhill
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Late '90s look behind the Walgreens counter on Chicago's North Shore
Walgreens was emblematic of major problems in the larger work culture and a professional ethos of staying compliant, agreeable, and always businesslike.
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Daphne Berryhill
My parents' cost-of-living struggle in the '70s. Why is help still so hard to get?
Hearing my parents' voices in letters from 50 years ago has got me thinking about the impossible choices too many families face. Did the '70s really…
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Daphne Berryhill
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When a parent treats you like crap, why is it so hard to let go?
Sorting through the past: I always knew my brother's life was harder than mine. But I never knew just how hard until after he died.
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The strangeness of being in the middle of your mom and her mother-in-law
My grandma Marie banished my mom from existence after my parents divorced. But I remember when they were both on the same side: my dad's side.
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Back to the Barbie 80s and 90s through the hypnotic spiral of nostalgia
From My First Barbie to pukey pink to not wanting to be fatter than the guy: I never wanted to see Barbie again. And now Gen Z's got me rethinking.
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The First Birthday After the Death of a Love One
My brother Patrick’s death reminded me that any day could be my last too. “Hurry and get a move on it,” he’d tell me. His voice. It’s always there.
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Marriage and Scandal in the Pre-Boomer Olden Days
Forget happily ever after. Some marriages were heart-wrenching prison sentences. Staying avoided scandal. But some scandals might be worth the risk.
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When Your Dad's a Jerk, Is it OK to Accept His Love?
My dad was an abrasive, unaware, selfish jerk. But that was only one side. Did his loving side count too?
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The No-Wins of Labels, Boxes, and Black Eyes
The costs to gender stereotyping
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My Grandma Odessa
Seeing life through a generational lens
Born in the '70s: Finding Whimsy, Balance, and Hope Through a Child's Eyes
Revisiting childhood, seeing something new
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