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on celibacy, solo sex and quitting dating because, "why bother."
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when "good girls" are "bad girls" or why I will always root for a woman's pleasure over her fidelity to the men who can't give it to her
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How to Host a 50th Birthday Party for Your Dead Husband with Whom you Have a Complicated Relationship
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year of the snake
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to Stay or Leave
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1. young men have always been turned on by older women 2. the patriarchy has always benefited from convincing 40+ women we're invisible 3…
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Reading The Dry Season at the DMV
on expiration dates, celibacy, and turning 44
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and just like that might be the worst show on television so what does it say about us that we can't stop watching?
taking a break from writing about bodily fluids to discuss the murder of the last remaining SATC characters and the clothes they're wearing to their own…
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blood on our hands
body horror is every woman's genre. but our performative squeamishness, silence and shame is a self-inflicted wound.
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baby's first loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP)
reading 'sex and rage' at the gynecologist
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Bloom Cycles II
on beauty, time, tattoos and home -- updated with notes, thoughts & etc
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well over the mileage limit
on the malaise of modern expenses, failed negotiations and quitting sex until my lease is up
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how to eat a meal in the middle of a food fight
living with chaos, tragedy and destruction has been the human memoir since the beginning of time. so has our resilience.
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the braid
the braid
a newsletter that explores the braided experience of mother, lover and self. personal essays & conversations on sex, death, love, loss, parenthood, paradigms, identity, culture and coming of age. written by rebecca woolf with special guests.
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