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A Video About Guilt Wherein I Tell It To F*ck Off.

Eff Guilt. With my dirty hair, bad lighting, no makeup, and a big ass glass of wine, I send you a video I did on one take. Because that’s how I’m rolling right now. Free. Or, as my friend Kathleen...

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I Like This Picture of My Cellulite: A 19 Year Old’s Journey To Self-Acceptance.

Dear Readers, Jen Pastiloff here. The post below was written by a 19 year old student. I love that I have teens following the site! I am developing a series for young writers to express themselves to...

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What’s in a Name?

By Antonia Malchik My friends call me Nia. Since I left college and people started calling me by my legal name, the one my mother chose because her favorite book at the time I was born (so the story...

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Stuff.

By T. Chick McClure I’ve lost access to my mom behind an ever-expanding tsunami of STUFF. She is a collector of things. But, not for curio cabinets. My mother lives inside a mountain of trash, dogs,...

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It’s Worse Than You Think…

By Jen Pastiloff. It’s worse than you think… they’re not thinking of you at all…   I asked this recently on social media: Do you equate your business with worthiness? Do you find the need to tell...

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The Other Plastic Surgery.

By Sara Bir.  There’s a face I’m sick of seeing, and it’s not the rearranged mess of a scandalized Hollywood star. It’s a face I confront in every reflective surface—the bathroom mirror, the screen of...

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Here’s What The F*ck I Am Going To Do About It.

  By Jen Pastiloff. For Lidia Yuknavitch, my teacher, my heart sister, my friend. I haven’t blogged in a while so here I am. Hi, hello, hi. I’m in Los Angeles, here at home for a few days before I hit...

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The Coming Out Post

By Renée Greiner. I wanted this to be eloquent and researched with facts and figures to legitimize my pain. I wanted a weekend of three days to write this post to y’all but it can’t wait any longer....

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When Girls Make Noise

By Kari O’Driscoll “Do they make noise when you walk?” my 16-year old daughter stands next to me in the shoe store. She and her sister are my fashion experts. I never buy a pair of boots or a purse...

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Eulogy For an Aging Book Guy

By Timothy Eberle I’m thinking about giving up my identity as a “book guy.” (Which doesn’t mean that I’m giving up on reading per se; simply that I’m considering no longer so aggressively inserting...

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