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How a breakup led me to become addicted to self-care

(Illustration by Jessie Rodriguez/Very Good Light)On July 15, 2016, a small faction of the Turkish military began what would ultimately end as a failed attempt at a coup [http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/18/middleeast/turkey-failed-coup-explainer/] to overthrow the government. That same day, thousands of miles away...

I’m a man who took my wife’s last name

My name is Ian Peters, and I chose to take my wife’s last name. Coming into writing this, I considered waxing poetic about identity; speaking to what a name means. I considered digging into the minutiae of my personal history to justify the decision and cracking a joke or...