“REAL FAMILIES,” is the name of a personal-essay series at Salon ”that celebrates the surprising and ever-shifting nature of domestic life in the 21st century.” Salon means “surprising and ever-shifting” in the sense that tornados and hurricanes that lift whole houses off the ground and hurl them into the air are “surprising and ever-shifting.” The latest entry is “Why I [...]
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