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Reclaiming domestic life from the clutches of the culture war and exploring the unlikely love story between fantasy and reality.

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Indexed issues, last 90 days
13
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Sep 26, 2026
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Jul 28, 2026

Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 26, 2026

    No One is Making Me Do This (opens the original)

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    Part 5: Dressing for Other Women<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="2188" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rmtR!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8d902c

  2. Issue · Sep 19, 2026

    Some Housekeeping (opens the original)

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    I’ve spent years sharing my writing and educational work for free. I paused all Substack payments over nine months ago, even though it was my dream, because retracting Wallflower at a Sex Party was very painful for me. Additionally, years of depending on social media to survive had deeply damaged my relationship to my own creative practice and process. I was addicted to the the platforms (all better now, that was a THING), attacked by people in my real life over my writing, approached by strange

  3. Issue · Sep 17, 2026

    No One is Making Me Do This (opens the original)

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    Part 4: Hate WatchingThe most horrifying thing about the tradwife that she is an influencer. And an influencer is not the same thing as a role model, although they serve the same social function in a time and place where social media has become the commons, the pulpit, and the checkout aisle tabloid; tempting us with gossip or aspiration, depending upon the unwavering dependability of our social comparisons, coveted status symbols, or carefully cultivated sense of cynicism and superiority. An in

  4. Issue · Sep 13, 2026

    The Broom (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1097" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_Yhj!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5ebe3d60-6d85-4526-9511-8c292a29ec50_2390x1800.

  5. Issue · Sep 7, 2026

    The Broom (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1800" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ETjM!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F77eafa64-9688-4871-bd5a-0c7c763a8bbe_1356x1800.

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