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You’ll die if you don’t use SPF!

Before my second day on Earth, my mother slathered me in a bucket of SPF 50 straight from the womb. Well, I’m pretty sure she did, at least. She wanted to protect my wrinkly baby skin from being scorched by the harmful sun and staying that way forever. Am...

What to do when you’re an early bloomer

Sometimes, hitting puberty too quickly gets you into hairy situations. (Illustration by Justin Teodoro [http://www.justinteodoro.com/]/Very Good Light) When I was 11, I left home for an all-boys boarding school. Not because I was a fuck-up or a rich kid, but because my public school wasn’t...