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Monica Danielle
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Girl on Girl: We Expect Too Much from Mothers
I wonder if the rules around motherhood are harder to see because they don’t look like rules. They sound like your own voice. They feel like love. Lowering the standard doesn’t feel like rejecting some bullshit expectation of women; it…
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Who Gets to Decide What Liberation Looks Like?
I don’t want us replacing one set of commandments for women with another set stamped LIBERATION across the top. I don’t want either of us telling women that sleeping with a guy is feminist or not sleeping with a guy…
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Girl on Girl (Week Two): Can a Woman Belong to Herself While Still Loving Men Deeply?
For the first time in my life, I’m not evaluating whether someone would make a good husband or life partner. I’m asking a different question: What pulls me toward another human being?
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Girl on Girl (Week One): On Seeing Each Other
When I can’t trust my own eyes, I borrow yours for a while.