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Molly Oswaks

Molly Oswaks is a freelance journalist. Her work has appeared in Playboy, Maxim, The Atlantic, Cosmopolitan, The Believer, and elsewhere in print and online.

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CELEBRITY ZOO

The Reality Show You Shouldn’t Watch

It’s been nearly a decade since Britney Spears’s infamous breakdown, but the conversation around celebrities’ mental health hasn’t changed. Now it’s Amanda Bynes’s turn.

Molly Oswaks

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SIDE EFFECTS

Birth Control Made My Hair Fall Out

Loestrin is the best birth control I’ve ever taken, but with my family history of hair loss, I never should have been on it in the first place.

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