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Newsletter · By Holly Solem · English · Official site

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Sep 29, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 29, 2026

    Don’t Be Mean to Boys (opens the original)

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  2. Issue · Sep 26, 2026

    I Used to be a Raging Alcoholic (opens the original)

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    I used to be a raging alcoholic. But that’s not the worst of it. Because booze was just a golden arched gateway to bigger, badder, far more sinister territory. I’ve been off the bad stuff for over eight years now and sometimes I like to reflect on the “before” times. If I feel like I'm not accomplishing enough or I'm behind in some way, comparing and contrasting my life back then to what it is now can be quite soothing. Subscribe nowThis is the story of a typical Tuesday night TH

  3. Issue · Sep 19, 2026

    A Week in the Life of a Newly Internet Famous 43 Year Old (opens the original)

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    Subscribe nowEveryone’s found out something about me that I don’t even know about myself. Some bad part of me has been discovered by the internet, before I’ve even had a chance to see it and do damage control.It’s five thousand degrees in Los Angeles. I’m not even exaggerating. Also humid, with intermittent rain. Completely out of character for this town. It’s called global warming, y’all. I’m rushing out the door t

  4. Issue · Sep 12, 2026

    Death of a Frenemy (opens the original)

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    A man I once knew died recently. He wasn’t an ex and not quite an enemy. Possibly a frenemy because at one time I would have called him a friend, maybe even a mentor to a degree. But my definition of friendship changed drastically as I matured. So hearing of his departure left me with a tangle of complicated feelings about who this dude and others like him were in my life, and how I—as a young girl—was treated under the guise of generosity, kindness and assistance.When I got the news of his pass

  5. Issue · Sep 5, 2026

    Can I Be a Woman and Still Remain a Girl? (opens the original)

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