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Amy Butcher
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We Are Only So Much Monkey: Lessons Learned From Failure
The earliest piece of advice my mother ever gave me was simply this: “Marry a man, Amy. Not a monkey.”
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Sick
I visit him on Tuesday nights at the only time they’ll let me see him. I show the receptionist my driver’s license, confirm my social security number and home address, and sign my name on a dotted line.
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On Eminem as an Essayist
I want to say that I am talking and thinking and writing about Eminem lately because he’s released another album, and it’s blowing my fucking mind, but that isn’t it. As far as I know, Eminem is not recording a…
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FUNNY WOMEN #72: People We Want to Be and the People We Are
When I tend to think about myself, I tend to think that I am okay. My hair is fairly soft, and I have very tiny hands. I don’t necessarily imagine men fantasize about me, but maybe they fantasize about me…