For most of my life, I felt nothing but guilt and shame for my fetish. Then I told Emily -- and everything changed
Monday, Sep 9, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 102I wish I'd seen the red flags, but unemployment made me desperate enough to take a risk I now regret
Thursday, Mar 1, 2012 1:00 AM UTC 51For nearly four decades, I have missed out on one of the most essential parts of human nature: Romantic love
Sunday, Nov 13, 2011 1:00 AM UTC 118I'm open about my fetishes and fantasies. But there's one thing about my life that pains me to admit
Tuesday, Aug 23, 2011 1:01 AM UTC 99After untagging yet another horrifying Facebook photo, I had to admit the truth about myself
Friday, Aug 5, 2011 1:01 AM UTC 129I thought it would be an easy part-time gig. But faking out strangers was much trickier than I ever predicted
Monday, Jul 11, 2011 12:01 AM UTC 93My colleagues don't believe in second chances for violent offenders. I know they're wrong
Thursday, Jun 23, 2011 12:30 AM UTC 64This wardrobe malfunction not only scandalized my co-workers, but caused me to reassess my priorities
Thursday, Jun 16, 2011 10:01 PM UTC 62At 10, I thought dressing up in sexy clothes and jumping out of his birthday cake would impress him. It didn't
Wednesday, Jun 15, 2011 9:30 PM UTC 39I've always been the person who talks too much. What I didn't realize was how much I was drowning out
Tuesday, May 31, 2011 12:01 AM UTC 65Until recently, I was a stoic who never showed her emotions. Now they're spilling out, and my children have noticed
Sunday, May 29, 2011 9:01 PM UTC 61When I started a sex blog at 19, it electrified the Ivy League -- and taught me how to fear other people's judgment
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 1:01 AM UTC 190As a teen, I shouted my gayness from the rooftops. How is it that, as an adult, I find myself lying about it?
Monday, May 23, 2011 7:01 PM UTC 23At 13, I was blinkered by Harold Camping's first predicted Rapture -- and the fear of it nearly consumed me
Friday, May 20, 2011 1:01 AM UTC 80After I was hit by a taxi, I saw a darker side of myself I never knew existed
Thursday, May 19, 2011 8:01 PM UTC 109Years after I lost my daughter, I'm haunted by what happened -- and what I couldn't do
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 12:30 AM UTC 80I fell for an Internet ploy and embarrassed myself to 900 people. But then, something amazing happened
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 12:30 AM UTC 76My grandmother got me hooked on "Days" when I was 12. Now that the shows are being canceled, it's hard to let go
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 9:20 PM UTC 16At 26, I never thought the accident everyone fears would happen to me. But it did, and it was horrifying
Tuesday, Apr 26, 2011 1:01 AM UTC 106Years after graduating with an English degree, I have a shameful secret: I've never actually read the classics
Tuesday, Apr 19, 2011 12:30 AM UTC 146It's been said that all great autobiography contains at least one mortifying disclosure. Inspired by that notion, this essay series focuses not on personal triumph or tragedy but, rather, embarrassment. Each week, writers will share the secrets they've tried to hide, in the hopes that readers might find a bit
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