It is not a new concept that celebrities struggle just like everybody else. A life of fame is illustrated as glamorous, fun and something everybody wishes they had, but the surprising reality is that some stars never wanted their fame to begin with.   When I heard...

  I grew up with the understanding that “real men” don’t cry, and fear is never an option. Often, I was reminded of my emotional weaknesses and in hindsight, the “alpha” in my life regretted not “forcing me to eat glass” so I’d toughen up.   As an...

Released in March 2020 following the explosive #MeToo movement, Kate Elizabeth Russell’s debut novel “My Dark Vanessa” appears to be the story of a naïve teenager’s forbidden first love. However, it is simultaneously a chilling account of abuse.  “My Dark...

Mohamedou Ould Slahi published his account of torture and abuse during his imprisonment for 14 years in Guantanamo Bay’s Detention Center — without any charges. He is the first Guantanamo prisoner to publish a memoir while still imprisoned, titled “The Mauritanian.” On...