One of the most painful – and important – parts of writing this work was realizing that for it to be a complete narrative (and a true reflection of this experience), I was going to have to revisit not only some of the most violent and difficult memories I have, but also the beautiful and intimate moments that were still happening in my life while I was in an abusive relationship.
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Rachel’s got a lot of bite-size advice for you today, including how to make your Apple chargers look this cute.
The fashion world has a lot of rules for people over 30, and Autostraddle dot com has a lot of staff members over 30 who blissfully ignore them, so.
Did you ever make paper in elementary school? Tearing a fully-formed scribbled-on page into tiny pieces, softening the scraps, and molding them together into a new shape? Something solid made brand new? I think that’s what giving birth to our daughter did to me.








