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I Was Taught to Hate My Lesbian Neighbors. They Took Me In Anyway.
The summer my parents’ marriage was falling apart, my best friend’s two moms saved me—even though my dad said they were going to Hell.
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Dena Landon
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The First Guy to Break the Internet
It was the halcyon days of social video, eons before TikTok, and one gung-ho idealist had a simple plan to change the world. His Kony 2012 campaign…
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Emma Madden
I Was the World’s Worst Cancer Mom
The cancer ward (and my Insta feed) were filled with picture-perfect moms moving heaven and earth for their sick kids. Meanwhile, I spiraled into heavy…
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Elizabeth Austin
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The Greatest Game Ever Played Behind Barbed Wire
Imprisoned in a WWII internment camp, these Japanese-American teens held tight to their love for America’s pastime—building a diamond in the desert, and…
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Lisa Heyamoto
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If You Were Captivated—Or Appalled!—By Our 'Therapist Sex Dare' Story...
Dive deeper into that saga and hear from the analyst herself, along with many other fascinating, complex characters on Narratively's Believable podcast.
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Noah Rosenberg
The Great British UFO Hoax
How a band of enterprising engineering students convinced the police, Army, Air Force and the U.K.’s Ministry of Defence that England was being invaded…
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Paul Brown
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The Sisterhood of Sex and the Quest for Porno Power
Directors with gross demands. Feminists branding them as brainwashed. Five ’80s porn stars were over the not-so-sunny side of the Golden Age of Porn. So…
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Hallie Lieberman
The Day My Therapist Dared Me to Have Sex With Her
My analyst and I grew more intimately connected each week of treatment...but I never saw this indecent proposal coming.
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Michael Stahl
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I Went to the Hospital to Give Birth…And Tested Positive for Meth
When the nurse first told me, mid-labor, that there were methamphetamines in my system, I cracked up laughing at the absurdity. When child services…
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Maggie Downs
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Call for Pitches: The Personals
We're looking for super unique and interesting first-person stories that focus on one moment, one day, one week, one season.
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Narratively
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Anatomy of an Absolutely Wild 1970s Hijacking You’ve Never Heard Of
When Professor Roderick Hilsinger boarded Ethiopian Airlines Flight 708, he had no idea about the in-flight nightmare soon to unfold. Here’s how he—and…
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Seth Lorinczi
The 3 Best Pitches I’ve Ever Received
Want to write for Narratively? Or just curious about how our storytelling comes to life? We're pulling back the curtain to show you exactly how a story…
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Brendan Spiegel
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