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speaking of sex and grief... (and los angeles)
... with more soon
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Rebecca Woolf
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"
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do you like to be read to?
if so, here's an audioessay and a 20% discount to celebrate the braid's second birthday
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Introducing: 'NO SHAME with Rebecca Woolf' a new podcast ft women who refuse to behave
new episodes every Tuesday! STARTING NOW!
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2. for one night only, a pair of stoops
this is the second of two essays that are actually one essay about one night that felt like two nights and, I guess, in a way, it sort of was.
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sex & the single mom is moving... to... here!
after years of writing about sex, relationships and parenting for Romper, they've retired all freelancers. so I'm gonna resuscitate my column here…
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Horse Girls
a love story
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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…
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on celibacy, solo sex and quitting dating because, "why bother."
is dating even worth it? let's discuss.
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on burning the dinner... again
or how burning the dinner is never about burning the dinner. and also, Run Lola Run.
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"I am a beautiful thing."
or how I learned to love my forty-something body by posting nudes on the internet
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laura hoenack
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from "pick-me" to misandrist to grown-up
or how I learned to make friends with good men in middle-age.
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