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Getting Better

Measuring growth in approach, not in pounds
"Do you ever really get over something like anorexia?"

By: CAROLINE KNAPP | August 06, 2010

Double double's toils and troubles

Twins on Twins
She got married last month, at the house we grew up in together.

By: CAROLINE KNAPP | August 06, 2010

Money camp for kids

How Now, Mr. Dow?
The scene: Monday morning, 9 a.m. sharp, eight boys and two girls gathered around a conference table.

By: CAROLINE KNAPP | August 06, 2010

Notes on Fathers: What Illness Can Teach Us About Family Connections

Out There
My father stared out across the room, a pained expression on his face.

By: CAROLINE KNAPP | August 06, 2010

Ah, growing up in Cambridge
A New Yorker subscription to go along with your birth certificate. A special set of bumper stickers for your first red wagon: BORN TO BE IN THERAPY and I BRAKE FOR LIBERALS. And a procession of strange contradictions.

By: CAROLINE KNAPP | August 08, 2010

Dicking around

Notes on war clubs, meat poles, and male sexuality
So what is it with men and their dicks? I really want to know.

By: CAROLINE KNAPP | August 08, 2010

Food as enemy

The anatomy of an eating disorder
From the summer of 1982 to the winter of 1985, I ate the same thing every day: a plain sesame bagel for breakfast, a Dannon coffee-flavored yogurt for lunch. an apple and a one-inch cube of cheddar cheese for dinner. Nothing more.

By: CAROLINE KNAPP | August 08, 2010

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