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From A Symbol Of Athletic Power To A Symbol Of Gender Transition
Bruce Jenner in 1976. Bob Child / AP Growing up, I thought of Bruce Jenner as the kind of man I could never become. Now, I think of her as the kind of woman I try to be.As an '80s kid who lived close...
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How To Take A Compliment
As with most things in life, ask yourself: “What would Oprah do?” OWN / Via people.com As professional women of color, my girlfriends and I are constantly dishing about work over booze and greasy...
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How I Made A Career Out Of Showing People My Cervix
I use my own body to teach medical students how to perform pelvic exams. And it’s the best, most empowering work I’ve ever done. Alice Monkongllite / BuzzFeed Life I'm sitting on a low exam table in...
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Texts From My Parents: What It Was Like To Leave Vietnam
Aircraft carriers, refugee camp, and a lost shoe. Alice Mongkongllite / BuzzFeed / Thinkstock Today is the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. This morning, my dad texted my mom and me. And so...
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The Deplorable Conditions In Baltimore's Crowded Central Booking
A number of men react to the smell and sight of freedom after being released from central booking on Wednesday, April 29, as unrest continues following the death of Freddie Gray while in police...
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What Does "Asian-Pacific American" Mean To You?
Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month begins on May 1 in America. Here are some APA BuzzFeed staffers talking about what being “Asian-Pacific American” means to them. Cathy Ngo "ABC = American-born...
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Peggy Olson, Life Heroine
Peggy Olson has always been my heroine. Not because she’s clever or stylish or charming, but because she’s competent, focused, neurotic, and, above all, because she challenges everything the boys club...
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7 Essays To Read This Weekend: Baltimore, Bruce Jenner, And Black Exhaustion
This week, BuzzFeed News editor Adam Serwer asks how a city with black representation in power erupted in riots not seen since Martin Luther King Jr. was killed. Read that and others from Medium, the...
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The Big Lesson We Haven't Learned From Riots Of The Last 50 Years
Riots happen when marginalized communities feel brutalized by harsh police tactics, according to research done in their aftermath since the 1960s. Baltimore Police officers in riot gear on April 27....
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My Life Bagging Groceries And Grading Papers
Alice Mongkongllite / BuzzFeed The day in January I brought my job application back to the grocery store, I assumed I'd just be dropping it off, but the manager, Scott, wanted to look it over with me...
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I Thought I Was Over My Body Issues, Until I Got Diabetes
Jenny Chang/BuzzFeed When I found out I had Type 1 diabetes, I had just finished eating a slice of pound cake. I still had powdered sugar stuck to my fingertips when the phone rang.In the months...
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Coming Out As Gay In Elementary School
Kate Reese naps under an LGBT pride flag. Emily Reese Kate Reese, a 13-year-old living in Reno, Nevada, used to think there was something wrong with her.“I began realizing I wasn’t necessarily...
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The Biggest Mystery Of Baltimore's Riots
How did a city where blacks are well-represented among the city government and police erupt in riots not seen since Martin Luther King Jr. was killed? Demonstrators climb on a destroyed Baltimore...
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Mormon, Childless, And Constantly Condescended To
Jenny Chang/BuzzFeed I arrived to a sea of twisted blue ribbons plastered on the walls and “It’s a Boy” confetti splashed across a dining table. Extended family members and strangers ate slices of...
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The Struggle Of New Moms With Postpartum Depression
A story in pictures. If you are suffering from PPD or know someone who is, the following organizations will be of help: Postpartum Support International, Postpartum Progress, and The Postpartum Stress...
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The Dicks Of Our Lives
Jenny Chang / BuzzFeed I’ve only ever gotten two dick pics in my life. The first one happened eight years ago. It was pretty good. It was waiting inside my Motorola Razr flip phone for when I landed...
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Why Cops Like Me Stay Quiet About Police Brutality
Nicholas Kamm / Getty Images On my first day of police academy at Queens College in 1999, I, along with 1,400 other young men and women in ill-fitting suits, heard a lieutenant deliver this speech:Ten...
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Coming Out To My Exes As A Gay Trans Man
Alice Mongkongllite / BuzzFeed I'm one of those people who has managed to stay close with my exes. I also have a tendency to sleep with my friends. (At least I know we'll have something in common at...
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My Mother, Mother-In-Law, And Me: A Love Triangle
Jenny Chang/BuzzFeed Looking back eight years later, I can see that something was wrong just moments after my daughter, Hope, was placed, pink and new, on my chest. Instead of love or joy, I felt...
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I'm An Adjunct Who Also Works In A Grocery Store
Alice Mongkongllite / BuzzFeed The day in January I brought my job application back to the grocery store, I assumed I'd just be dropping it off, but the manager, Scott, wanted to look it over with me...
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