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Second Person

Literary and personal essays about leaving high-control religion, reclaiming my body’s wisdom, and finding home after losing my faith.

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  1. Issue · Sep 4, 2026

    Michael Stipe on the #1 Bus (opens the original)

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    Oh, life is biggerIt’s bigger than you, and you are not me-R.E.M. (Losing My Religion)You are in Cambridge, Massachusetts run-walking on a treadmill in a chi-chi sports club that has just opened in Harvard Square, the one by The Charles Hotel, the one offering a free introductory session. You have no intention of joining—not because you don’t want to but because in a million years you can’t afford it—but there you are, wiping away sweat with fluffy white hand towels, making the most of your one

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