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It might be a man’s world, but women are losing their locks too. Now there’s a sweet way to fight back: Telehealth company Hims & Hers just launched the first-ever clinically proven prescription hair ...

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It was Saturday night on Broadway, and I had just twirled myself into the wings at the end of the first big number in Act 1 about becoming a woman (as imagined by—surprise!—white, straight, cisgender ...

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