Sisters - xoJane

To My Sister: I Can't Force You To Like Me But I'll Try

Natalie — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:00:00 -0400

She is absent in my waking life, and only appears at night while I sleep. She appears while I am sitting in my old family home, everything as it was when we were children apart from we are adults now.

Girls Trips Sound Sorta Lame But I Swear They're Cool

Nicole — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 10:30:00 -0400

There’s also something daring about setting off to a new island or city and experiencing it with this safe circle of people who you trust with everything.

It Happened To Me: I Almost Lost My Sister to Suicide

Jessica Katharine Murray — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:00:00 -0400

My sister decided to kill herself in Spanish class. The decision was detached and absolute, like it got wired in from Moscow to a remote Soviet outpost.

My Sister Blocked Me On Facebook Over Chick-Fil-A

Araceli Cruz — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 18:00:19 -0400

I commented on her Facebook post supporting Chick-Fil-A’s stance against gay marriage. She said she would pray for me and that she still loves me, and that was the end of it.

It Happened to Me: My Sister is a Sociopath

Min Lee — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:00:28 -0400

I tried to love my sister, the same way I would have loved a handicapped child or one with Down’s Syndrome. But instead of missing a limb or a chromosome, Ellen lacked warm and fuzzy feelings as well as a conscience.

On Being the "Good" Girl in the Family

Gaby Dunn — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:00:20 -0500

Being the "easier child" means feeling inordinate amounts of guilt for the normal mistakes and hiccups of growing up.

What Would Edith Do: Which Downton Abbey Sister Are You?

Jessica — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:02:18 -0500

Take my quiz to find out if you're a Sybil, a Mary or an Edith!

My Baby Sister Is Beating Me to the Altar

Meghan — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:00:13 -0500

I can't help but think of Scarlett O'Hara's sister Suellen, without the whole husband-stealing part. “AND I’LL BE AN OLD MAIDDDDD!”

I'm The Smart One, She's The Pretty One

Jess — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:00:09 -0500

What's with the compulsion to make sisters into Spice Girls?

On Sisters

Elizabeth — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:00:15 -0400

Sometimes I want to throw them in a cage and just let them go at it until one of them emerges, victorious.

A Letter to My Sister, Who Would Have Been 41 Today

MC Housework — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:00:09 -0400

Sometimes I am sure of who you would be if you had lived. Sometimes I am not.