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Trying so hard to carry that weight
Read more: Trying so hard to carry that weightPlease note: I have similar thoughts as Roxane Gay regarding trigger warnings. You can read her thoughts on the topic here. At any rate, this note can probably be considered a trigger warning. Today I walked home from Park Slope to Flatbush after visiting the dentist. (Ugh, a visit I put off much too long…)…
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Summer ends, and we wonder where we are.
Read more: Summer ends, and we wonder where we are.Hello, readers; hello, friends. I have borrowed my title today from Dar Williams, with whom I associate a lot of hazy, undefined teenage feelings, appropriate to end of summer and to transitions generally. School is back in session, although having graduated in May, this does not affect me directly. I’ll pretend it does, though, and…
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Reblogs and Q&A!
Read more: Reblogs and Q&A!Hello, HuffPost and Freshly Pressed readers! I’m very honored by the attention I’ve received after publishing Why did this happen? – it was selected as an editor’s pick by Freshly Pressed, and is now reblogged over at HuffPost Women. I’m even more floored by all the feedback I’m getting directly from you guys. Your comments…
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Why did this happen? Estranging myself from my mother.
Read more: Why did this happen? Estranging myself from my mother.Why did this happen? There is no answer to that question. There are too many answers to that question. If your childhood was unhappy, if there was someone who hurt you when their role was to protect you, you may never know why it was that way. It may not be possible to reconstruct how…
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How to Predict the Future
Read more: How to Predict the FutureHow to Predict the Future I’ve got a new piece up over on The Toast’s Gal Science column this morning about climate change, which aims to unpack some of the jargon you see around this topic. It’s an intimidating topic! It can seem overwhelming to consider the cascading effects our activity is having on the…
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Contact form, translations, and some thoughts on forgiveness
Read more: Contact form, translations, and some thoughts on forgivenessHello all! I had a wonderful and extremely busy weekend, with both a favorite cousin and a dear friend in town, and am just now getting back into the swing of things here. First and foremost, I wanted to note that I have added a contact form on the About page of this site. Inquiries sent…
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My Interview About Being Motherless By Choice On HuffPost Live
Read more: My Interview About Being Motherless By Choice On HuffPost LiveYesterday morning I spoke with Caitlyn Becker on HuffPost Live’s “What’s Trending” segment about being motherless by choice. You can watch the interview in the video embedded at the bottom of the original HP post here. “What’s Trending” covers the stories capturing their readers’ attention. Thank you so much to everyone at HuffPost for giving…
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“Motherless by Choice” up at HuffPost!
Read more: “Motherless by Choice” up at HuffPost!“Motherless by Choice” up at HuffPost! HuffPost Women asked recently to share my piece “Motherless by Choice” with their readership, and I was more than happy to do so. The post went live this morning, and my phone has been buzzing nonstop with notifications since then! Welcome, new readers, and thank you so much for…
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A little more personal…
Read more: A little more personal…“Motherless by Choice” at The Archipelago Of course this isn’t easy to write about, but there’s a surprising lack of writing on a topic like this that affects so many people. I wanted to tackle it the best I could, unresolved ambiguity and all. Hearing from those it resonates with means a lot to me!…
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Finding the Real Estate of Your Literal Dreams
Read more: Finding the Real Estate of Your Literal Dreams“Finding the Real Estate of Your Literal Dreams” I loved writing this piece and I want to do so much more with this concept.
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