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I think they call that a good run
eulogy for a minivan, etc (2011-2025)
 • Rebecca Woolf
creative women are becoming increasingly dangerous to men who have historically gotten away with being shitty
on Lily Allen, David Harbour, and "Vogue World" as the perfect distraction for Hollywood's blatant muzzling of women's voices and our stories.
 • Rebecca Woolf
motherhood isn't the problem, patriarchy is.
why conservatism will always win if progressive women insist on throwing the babies out with the bathwater
 • Rebecca Woolf
3. Reading How to Lose Your Mother at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Reading Sex and the Rage at the Gynecologist
 • Rebecca Woolf
for the mothers who are fathers, too
The following was originally published last year but my love for the motherswhoarealsofathers is forever.
 • Rebecca Woolf
small car blues
on giving back the keys and also holding on to one of them
 • Rebecca Woolf
mothers are people, too
and we need to stop acting so surprised when women act like it.
 • Rebecca Woolf
between Tangier and the Blue City
choice is a love story
 • Rebecca Woolf
How to prep for a Christmas dinner party when you're a tradition-breaking imperfectionist who has never hosted one before
welcome to the era of beX-MAS, baby! gird your loins!
 • Rebecca Woolf
do you like to be read to?
if so, here's an audioessay and a 20% discount to celebrate the braid's second birthday
 • Rebecca Woolf
"Don't Forget the Safety Pins"
or what it's like to parent in the month of October
 • Rebecca Woolf
Introducing: 'NO SHAME with Rebecca Woolf' a new podcast ft women who refuse to behave
new episodes every Tuesday! STARTING NOW!
 • Rebecca Woolf
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