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Welcome to my little corner of the internet—a space where I share weekly newsletters exploring the many paths women take in life. Let’s challenge expectations, celebrate choices, and navigate this journey together.
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The Woman I Was, The Woman I Am Becoming (opens the original)
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On July 4, 2017, I was 39 years old and had just arrived in Los Angeles.I was taking acting classes with Ivana Chubbuck and other teachers. I was full of life, enthusiasm, and curiosity. I had been through difficult years, but I felt that I had survived. And, above all, I felt that I was finally free to build my own life.A few days ago, I came across an interview I’d given to myself back then.Rereading it, what struck me was how alive that woman was. Not because she was naively happy—she had kno
La Donna Che Ero, La Donna Che Sto Diventando (opens the original)
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Il 4 luglio 2017 avevo 39 anni ed ero appena arrivata a Los Angeles.Stavo seguendo corsi di recitazione da Ivana Chubbuck e da altri insegnanti. Ero piena di vita, di entusiasmo, di curiosità. Avevo attraversato anni difficili, ma sentivo di essere sopravvissuta. E soprattutto sentivo di essere finalmente libera di costruire la mia vita.Qualche giorno fa ho ritrovato un’intervista che avevo fatto a me stessa proprio allora.Rileggendola, mi ha colpito quanto fosse viva quella donna. Non perché fo
Free Webinar for World Childless Week on 17 September 9am BST (opens the original)
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For this year’s World Childless Week, I’ll be conducting a one-hour webinar titled, “The Motherhood We Had, the Motherhood We Longed Ror: Grief, Connection and the Body,” a somatic workshop exclusively for women who are childless not by choice. We will begin with writing and reflection, asking what we imagined becoming a mother would give us. From there, we will bring those questions into the body.Most of you know my story by now: I am a childless woman, and I am also single. I am now 48. I f
The Power of Vulnerability - But When Reproductive Choice Becomes a Political Weapon (opens the original)
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Democratic New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has gone public about freezing her eggs, and I think it is important that she has.When a woman in the public eye speaks openly about a decision that most women are still expected to make privately, there is power in such vulnerability. Fertility, unlike almost every other aspect of a woman’s public identity, remains an awkward subject to discuss without embarrassment, euphemism or ideology. Ocasio-Cortez is making the physical process vi
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