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Conversational semi-hot takes with lots of run-on sentences. Most of these could have been journal entries.

Newsletter · By Maggie Slepian · Official site

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Sep 27, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 27, 2026

    The Wall Said “Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter” (opens the original)

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    My news cycle right now is dominated by multiple stories about men doing unthinkable things to women and getting away with it. We are a decade past the radar blip of #MeToo, multiple election cycles past the blithe optimism of the pink pussy hats, and I am tired. I’m tired for myself and for the other women. I wish our existence wasn’t centered around being objectified and in danger until we age out of conventional beauty and spend the rest of our lives ignored. If anything comes close to a univ

  2. Issue · Aug 12, 2026

    Pop Psychology Calls It Post-Traumatic Growth (opens the original)

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    At some point earlier this year, I was lamenting to my therapist that I had no capacity to handle “anything bad happening.” At that point, I was talking about getting another rejection from that one stupid outlet, plus a slow leak in my truck tire.“I just have no reserves,” I said, overwhelmed by the thought of bringing my truck to the tire shop or adding REJECTED to another line on my pitch spreadsheet.This was during the time my sister calls Early March Maggie, i.e., the last time my life look

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