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An advance review of my book, Maya Blue A Memoir of Survival, said my life and death survival instincts are like Jason Bourne’s: I don’t hesitate and time and again, I do what’s necessary to survive. Like when I jumped from a second-story bathroom window, hoping the oak tree four feet away and its branches

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When Esther Zimmer gained weight, she didn't expect other women would give her unsolicited advice--delivered in a smug tone--about how

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I see this quote from time to time on social media: You can’t go back and make a new start,

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Well, this has been one holy heck of a week. Smack dab in the middle of my attempts to put

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Kim Alexis was discovered in a place our mothers might have called a charm school. When a visiting modeling scout

The first time I heard, “Hey, Buzzard!” in my direction, I was 12. His name was Walter.