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Sex, Risk, and the Questions Nobody Asks

Sex and risk go together. Before you act, ask yourself the two questions that change everything, the ones that protect you from twenty years of consequences.

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Sex, Risk, and the Questions Nobody Asks

Sex and risk go together. Before you act, ask yourself the two questions that change everything, the ones that protect you from twenty years of consequences.

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Identity: Assigned, Conditioned or Chosen?

This is a revised, shorter version of the original essay, The Self You Didn't Choose. This piece draws on Western psychology, African philosophy and Buddhist thought to ask a better question than "Who am I?" — and what to do with the answer.

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The Self You Didn't Choose

The self-help industry tells you to find yourself. But what if a significant part of who you are was assigned, conditioned and reinforced long before you were old enough to push back on it? I think the question we ask shouldn't be, "Who are you?', It should be, "Who decided.?"

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