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on celibacy, solo sex and quitting dating because, "why bother."
is dating even worth it? let's discuss.
Jul 8, 2024 • 
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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
On Babygirl, desire, eroticism and pursuing middle age as both "Madonna" and "Whore"
Jan 1 • 
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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
my relationship with my late husband is always going to be complicated which is why I'll never stop celebrating him and everything else that is also…
Jul 16, 2024 • 
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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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to Stay or Leave
scenes from a done marriage and the aftermath #howIleft
Jan 11, 2024 • 
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year of the snake
'honor your hunger and feed yourself' and tell adam he can watch
Feb 11 • 
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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…
men in their 20s and 30s are dating more women in their 40s and 50s (and 60+) because there is nothing hotter than a woman who doesn't need to be…
Jan 31 • 
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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. we're not.
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when you know better but do it anyway
the only feeling lonelier than being in a room with someone you love and aren't supposed to, are the days spent afterward, knowing how bad you want to…
Sep 15, 2023 • 
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in which I attempt the impossibility of articulating the language of my cells
I am standing in the kitchen.
Oct 13, 2023 • 
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in which I attempt the impossibility of articulating the language of my cells
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refuse feedback (when you need to) and it will set you free
in defense of an occasionally closed comment section, paywalling the personal and the difference between resilience and bravery, unlikability and hate.
Sep 21, 2023 • 
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On Dying for Sex, living for female horniness and the impossibility of healing a man's pain with a woman's hope
because paradigms aren't going to shift themselves
Apr 10 • 
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On Dying for Sex, living for female horniness and the impossibility of healing a man's pain with a woman's hope
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first love is a haunted house
and this is a ghost story
Dec 5, 2023 • 
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Coming up for Air
for, like, a second...
Jun 5, 2023 • 
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