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I’m Camila, thirty-five years old, and I work as a deputy CEO at a sports nutrition company. People always ask…

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The evening air in downtown Portland carried the scent of autumn leaves and the distant promise of rain. David Harrison…

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I sat in the kitchen, mechanically stirring tea that had long since cooled. The old clock on the wall ticked…