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It Happened To Me: I Got My First Period At Disneyland -- When I Was Nine

Cristina Schreil — Sat, 18 May 2013 15:00:00 -0400

My shocking discovery in a Main Street, U.S.A. bathroom launched me into a lifetime of looking back at my shortened childhood.

I Think I Might Have Been Given A Nonconsensual Pelvic Exam While Unconscious For Surgery, And I'll Probably Never Know For Sure

Tasneem — Mon, 06 May 2013 17:00:00 -0400

The more time that passed, the more terrified I felt that this had, in fact, happened to me, that my body had been violated while under the care of a medical professional to whom I had entrusted my health and my overall well-being.

It's ALmOsT OvER!!! Here are Your Finalists Of the Biggest It Happened To Me Contest of All TIme

Jane — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:00:00 -0400

Help us put an end to this thing. Vote!

My Fear Of The End Of The World Nearly Took Over My Life, So Will Everyone Please Stop Talking About The Apocalypse?

Claire Askew — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 09:00:00 -0500

It's called thanatophobia, or the fear of dying. Sure, everyone's afraid of dying to some extent, but not everyone gets consumed by it.

How a Gun-Loving West Texas Girl Learned to Fear Assault Weapons

Haley B. Elkins — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:00:00 -0500

For every outraged indigence about "trampling" on the second amendment, with every word and breath, I am that young woman again, sitting in her truck in a parking lot, alone except for a 911 operator.

It Happened to me: I'm a Fat Porn Star (And a Role Model)

Kelly Shibari — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 09:00:00 -0500

Before I started doing porn at age 34, the only fat women I'd seen in any semi-nude pose (other than in museums) were those "Wish you were here" postcards with the 500lb woman in a bikini.

25! Pregnant! Dumped! Part deux

Veronica_1 — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 12:30:19 -0400

In between the last diary entry and this one Dan left me. We went from talking about baby names to him calling me up one evening and saying, "I just can’t handle it."

It Happened to Me: I Compulsively Buy Clothes That Don't Fit Me

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 10:00:19 -0400

Next came the dreamy Rick Owens distressed skinny pants. And so began my daily routine spending hours surfing clothing websites and spending way too much money on clothes that didn't fit me.

Metta World Peace Elbowing James Harden Is Just Like That Time I Got Punched by a 13-Year-Old Girl

Daisy — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:00:24 -0400

You may have noticed one of my favorite things to do on xoJane is take a sports headline and write some vaguely-related story about my life as a way of attempting to get you (okay fine: also me) interested in it.

I'm a Victim-Blamer (But Only When the Victim Was Me)

Lesley — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:00:42 -0400

It happened to me: I got groped at work. Against my will. And then I blamed myself for it.

It Happened to Me: I'm 26 and My Mom Has Alzheimer's

Hallie — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 11:00:18 -0400

Am I ready for kids? Hell no. But that doesn’t stop me from thinking that I need to make it all happen now, this year, so she can be a part of it.

It Happened to Me: I'm a Clothes Hoarder

Alison Freer — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:05:51 -0500

I have a sickness. My only real goal in life has been to have a house that had a bedroom for a closet.

It Happened to Me: I Got Lice at 28

Giulia — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:00:11 -0500

I was being punished for failing to grow up and accept that I was going to be somebody's wife. Punished, with lice.

Compelling Reader Comment Of The Week: Lonelle Selbo Edition

Madeline — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:00:12 -0400

We live for comments. Here's what made my week.

It Happened to Me: I Have an Energy Healer

Jenée — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:00:09 -0400

And so do five of my non-crazy friends

It Happened To Me: I Was Told I Needed Plastic Surgery

Giulia — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:00:11 -0400

Because apparently there are no roles for actresses who are "too Jewish-looking" (nevermind that I'm Italian).

xoJane.com, Launching Careers Since Last Week

Emily — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:01:42 -0400

You guys loved Lela's touching "It Happened to Me" -- and so did some literary agents.

I Was a 'Hipster Hooker' (And It Sort of Ruined My Life)

Jessica P. — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:02:14 -0400

How taking my clothes off for a Madam and the story that followed landed me a stalker, media scorn and ultimately taught me the value of privacy.

It Happened To Me: I'm 25 and I Was Just Diagnosed With Skin Cancer

Anna — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:02:15 -0400

By the time you read this, I may be in a hospital, being pumped full of toxic chemicals, or living out my last months in a beach hut in Jamaica.

IHTM: My Name Is Jane Pratt (But I'm Not the Editor-in-Chief of this Website)

The Other Jane Pratt — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:02:15 -0400

Jimmy Kimmel may have the Handsome Men’s Club, but we have the Jane Pratt Club. In a synchronistic and coincidental way, there are two of us out there, doppelgangers if you will, living in concentric circles with some fairly remarkable similarities.