HeyJaredHow to be a Difficult Woman
Short posts giving concrete examples about how you too can be a difficult woman, it's actually quite easy
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A Difficult Woman’s take on the Cornell Saga (opens the original)
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I had a fluff piece about my five animals planned for this week’s article but I just can’t stop thinking about this horrific lawsuit that has rocked social media and caused significant backlash. Here’s my take, as a former attorney who has never practice in the criminal space. These are my opinions only. On October 19, 2024, the Plaintiff, Jane Doe, went partying with friends. Most of her companions were in Greek life in Cornell, which has been plagued with sexual assault and rape allegations. S
Surrounded by Water (opens the original)
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My prowess in water is something of a family legend. Lore, built over time and made more fantastical with each retelling. Some say it’s impossible, and that my mom my be off by a year, or maybe two. Others were there and add their own voice to the narrative, backing up Mom’s version of events. As the story goes, I was either in diapers or just out when I started swimming (this would put me at about 2.5 years old). And I’m not talking like swimming with help. I mean without floaties. Apparently,
September Me (opens the original)
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The Wheel of Time (opens the original)
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Last year, my college friends and I all turned 40, and boy did we celebrate. On our last round of birthday celebrations, Sarah, Rachel and I found ourselves at The Lodge at St. Edward Park, in Kenmore, Washington. This gorgeous old structure was finished in the 1920’s and was first established as a seminary. There are tales on Reddit of hauntings and I got a weird feeling outside the library, so the place is definitely walking a fine line with the spiritual world. Appropriately for three 40 year
Should I Quit Writing? (opens the original)
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I blame querying. Everything was going swimmingly until I started querying my second novel, COLOR ME DEAD. And remember, my first novel is in a drawer somewhere, never to see the light of day, after querying it for many months.CMD is a love letter to my aunt Karrie, who passed away in 2018. It’s also an fictional exploration into how reincarnating only the most diabolical among us can lead to today’s political system of oligarchs and pedophiles. It’s a fantasy novel following Karrie, an unlikely
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