My Everything, My Bear

Alex and Joan met at a bar in the East Village in 2012. At the time, they were drastically different people, strangers to even themselves.

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Mortified

Our Diary series would not be complete without hearing from fellow Radiotopia show, Mortified. From Episode 61: “How Not To Masturbate (and Other Hollow Victories).”

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No Way Out

In the vast ocean of the internet, there are thousands of diaries that are locked by forgotten passwords and AOL email addresses; Ashley’s LiveJournal is one of them.

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The Big House

On a residential street in a working class neighborhood of a major American city, there is a house with boarded-up windows. The mistresses who work there call it The Big House.

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BFF

August 31, 2004: Amelia and I hugged and said our goodbyes and now it’s just me.

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