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for the mothers who are fathers, too
The following was originally published last year but my love for the motherswhoarealsofathers is forever.
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Rebecca Woolf
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small car blues
on giving back the keys and also holding on to one of them
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mothers are people, too
and we need to stop acting so surprised when women act like it.
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between Tangier and the Blue City
choice is a love story
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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!
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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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"Don't Forget the Safety Pins"
or what it's like to parent in the month of October
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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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I guess this is Gru-ing up
adolescence and the unexpected grief of a quadrilogy
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A New Hope
on pain, power and diverging from patriarchy
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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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it's okay if you're a little bit jealous that all of your friends are on adventures right now
but also... here's a recipe for Vacation eggs.
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