HeyJaredI Would Never Gatekeep This From You (IWNGTFY)
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The Ferrywoman Doesn't Get a Coffee Table Book (opens the original)
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Lest you think I’ve absconded back to the shadowlands with my inner bitch riding shotgun, allow me to remind you I am alive and well. Just in dragon mode. A loving but fierce golden dragon, guarding her treasure, which currently happens to be a room of forty women, give or take, mid-challenge.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xTg6!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-
Your Inner Bitch Called. She'd Like Her Camera Back. Get In Lady, We're Going to the Underworld (opens the original)
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The phone’s lens sat on a tripod across from me at eye level. Instead of tilting my head or looking away like I would normally do, I made myself square my shoulders and face it staring into the lens, unflinching. I stopped holding my face together. I resisted the urge to smile and to cross my arms. I felt more vulnerable than ever before.After each of these sessions I’d look at the images. I looked fine in the mirror. Some days even cute. But the camera didn’t agree. A photograph left me feeling
The Case for Puckery and Wonderment (opens the original)
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Let’s have some fun, shall we? Astrologically the week was weird, then there were death eggs, salsa and guac scares, and now everyone’s gone all finger-pointy over the latest AI developments. I for one would really rather save my witch-hunting for spo
Women by Women: Cole (opens the original)
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I have a confession.Sometimes I drag my heels pressing publish on these features. I love spending time privately inside these stories before sharing them with you. And as excited as I am to share them, my greedy goblin wants to hold on a little longer, because once I do, they take a little piece of my heart with them out into the world. This one especially.Cole talks about her son, and what their homeschooled relationship was like, and what it’s like now. When she says she can finally see the sk
Every Woman Needs a Version of Her Teenage Bedroom (opens the original)
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Summer has always felt like the most existential season to me. I know a lot of people associate January with reflection, pondering life’s big questions, and taking stock. But for me it has always been summer. The days are deliciously long, my body is easeful and my creativity is at peak harvest. Summer evenings stretch out inviting a kind of thinking you just don’t do the rest of the year. There’s just something about the mix of heat, nostalgia and the strange elasticity of time that makes you w
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