When I broke up with my high school boyfriend at age 16, he joined a group of boys in calling me a name I’d never expected people would ever think to call me. Once he learned that I’d fallen in love with my best friend, though, shots were fired; an ego likely diminished. During a…
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“Make yourself at home and always puff, puff, pass!” That’s the first—and only—”rule” you’ll read under the FAQ section of the Ganja Goddess Getaway’s pink brochure. Inside, you’ll get an intro to the female-only, cannabis-focused retreat that suggests the weekend is a time for women to “renew by connecting to the cannabis plant and each…
Read moreMy mom likes to say I’ve been covering news since the day I was born—longer if you count my time in utero. The day she went into labor, my parents were in Hollywood covering a shooting, a mugging gone wrong. There was no question my mom would join my dad at the scene, even if…
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