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  <updated>2020-05-28T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[A Poem “To the Broken”]]></title>
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    <updated>2020-05-28T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Glenna McCarthy]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Because I am rooting for you<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/93801_glenna-sadness-26may2020.jpg_0eb0a284-3a67-40a1-8346-e548c7d52b5b.jpeg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[What I Learned in Prison and How It Applies to COVID-19 Isolation]]></title>
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    <updated>2020-04-14T17:40:00-04:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Glenna McCarthy]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[There is no easy way to navigate life when you have mental health issues and complex traumas in your past.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/91814_glenna-prison2020.jpeg_3a63eb16-489a-421d-b811-1246889c72b4.jpeg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Going From a Mug Shot to a Master’s Degree]]></title>
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    <updated>2019-09-03T15:28:00-04:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Glenna McCarthy]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[It’s been a long, hard road—with HIV and PTSD—but I’ll never forget what it was like to need help.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/77589_glenna-mugshot-blog03sept2019.jpg_1a634eed-7cb2-4ed8-9c51-d98b0a6a1b0a.jpeg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[An Ode to My Fallen Comrades, the Early Leavers]]></title>
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    <updated>2019-03-01T11:12:00-05:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Glenna McCarthy]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“I feel guilty for outliving all of you.”<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/66720_glenna-mccarthy-early-leavers1-2019.jpg_762a121e-bd10-4014-8c45-f9f45a7cd155.jpeg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[A Liberating Yet Lonely Valentine’s Day Approaches]]></title>
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    <updated>2019-01-25T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Glenna McCarthy]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A recent accident landed me in physical therapy—and a wheelchair. Here’s a healing lesson I’m taking to heart.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/64560_glenna-mccarthy-jan2019.png_8e5bb58d-a153-477a-afca-8381ea94fd26.png" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Learning to Live Drug-Free Isn’t Easy—Especially If You Ride Mass Transit]]></title>
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    <updated>2018-12-28T16:45:00-05:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Glenna McCarthy]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A life lesson, excerpted from my new memoir “Recycled Human: The Reality of Re-Entry”<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/62993_3-illustration-4-1-crowd.jpg_085f4158-d2c4-43dd-9cac-2a0a32a9ba2b.jpeg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Society Made Me Feel Like a Monster. But Not Anymore!]]></title>
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    <updated>2018-03-30T15:18:00-04:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Glenna McCarthy]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[As I approach midlife—including 27 years with HIV—I am choosing my own labels.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/47525_glenna-mccarthy3-march2018.jpeg_7592e342-1a7a-48f2-9158-8674ea25dd42.jpeg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Is It Time for a Tummy Tuck?]]></title>
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    <updated>2017-12-12T16:26:00-05:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Glenna McCarthy]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[I know it won’t solve all my lipodystrophy challenges, but I’m feeling desperate to improve my body. Do you relate?<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/41931_questions-is-58083582.jpg_6053975b-a733-45da-b506-82b18536cdcc.jpeg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[What I’m Doing to “Fix” My Appearance]]></title>
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    <updated>2017-10-24T12:14:00-04:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Glenna McCarthy]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Taking Egrifta and getting CoolSculpt: Is this a midlife crisis or a healthy reality?<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/38608_cool-sculpt2-glenna-mccarthy-oct2017.png_e7e76564-f6a8-47e2-99f9-a50526e73bb1.png" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Stripping (the Clothes of Shame)]]></title>
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    <updated>2017-08-30T11:12:00-04:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Glenna McCarthy]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[What to do when your mind etches stigmas and labels in your heart, spirit and soul.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/35324_hangers-iStock-601374300.jpg_7f462550-e386-4a6a-8b98-9aded6ce1503.jpeg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[In My Youth, I Laughed at Jokes About AIDS]]></title>
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    <updated>2017-07-24T16:58:00-04:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Glenna McCarthy]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Now I’ve experienced—and written about—growth in hardships.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/33815_escalator-is-000062473612.jpg_ce6a3714-0df1-4cc4-87a3-cb57f819a258.jpeg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Contemplating Body Image at Half a Century Old]]></title>
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    <updated>2017-06-13T12:21:00-04:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Glenna McCarthy]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Lipodystrophy, HIV, aging—I may have a few battle scars, but I’m still at my best right now.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/31446_Damaged-Goods-book.jpg_1950feb1-e80d-4047-aa87-07b0f09fd2d7.jpeg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[It’s too late to play house]]></title>
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    <updated>2017-05-31T17:39:00-04:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Glenna McCarthy]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“I know that we have to let the past go and move on…
which comes to my point. I have gotten accustomed to being ALONE”<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/30534_glenna-mccarthy-blog-may31-2017.jpeg_16041a6d-3f38-47ec-8dea-a7deca640992.jpeg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[To the Woman Who Asked Me Why I Lived and Her Father Died]]></title>
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    <updated>2017-05-11T10:00:00-04:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Glenna McCarthy]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Join me as I launch my POZ Blog with a “Voice of Reason.”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/26964_sun-clouds-TS101812503.jpg_c2a2674b-62fc-4797-881a-3dad71d6ab6d.jpeg" />]]></content>
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