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Jessica Goodman

Jessica Goodman is the New York Times bestselling author of young adult thrillers They Wish they Were Us, They’ll Never Catch Us, and The Counselors. She is the former op-ed editor at Cosmopolitan magazine, and was part of the 2017 team that won a National Magazine Award in personal service. She has also held editorial positions at Entertainment Weekly and HuffPost, and her work has been published in outlets like Glamour, Condé Nast Traveler, Elle, and Marie Claire.

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Here’s How to Buy Cryptocurrency—in Case You Were Wondering

Also included: what the hell this actually means.

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Meet the Women of Color Who Are Changing Corporate Culture

Our inaugural class of the New C-Suite is changing the way the corner office looks, feels, and operates. It’s about damn time.

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Everyone Wants Female Athletes to Be Perfect. But They’re Just Human

Why are we committed to the idea that you need to be otherworldly in order to be excellent?

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I Lived in These $30 Slippers for Three Months Straight

It’s not like I was going anywhere....

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“I’m Letting Myself Have a Little Hope”: 5 Dreamers React to SCOTUS’s Historic DACA Decision

The Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration’s decision to end DACA was unlawful.

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“I’ve Never Worked Harder in My Whole Entire Life”: Inside an Exhausting Day as a Contact Tracer

Health departments all around the country are racing to hire contact tracers to help track coronavirus cases. Caroline Michell, 30, explains what the job is really like.

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I Worked My Ass Off to Save for a Four-Year School, but Now I’m Choosing Community College Instead

Soumya Bysanii, 18, spent her whole life dreaming of a four-year college. Then coronavirus came.

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Please Don’t Send Me Another Recipe Exchange Chain Email

No one wants to do this, guys.

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I Shop Your Online Grocery Orders and It’s Scary Out There

That’s why I’m striking against Instacart.

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Why These 6 Women Are Choosing Dick Over Quarantine

“We were unbelievably horny.”

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Why We Binge Sh*tty Reality TV When We’re Bummed TF Out

Social distancing = perfect time to inject Summer House into my veins.

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Confusion, Panic, and Tens of Thousands of Dollars: What It’s Actually Like to Be a Student at a Shutdown College

“We are all being told to go home to places that are way more dangerous.”

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