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If you want to love a wild woman, ____________

If you want to love a wild woman, it cannot be with the goal to domesticate her, with the idea that she just needs comfort and to be told she’s beautiful, with the same intent men use to excuse attraction to virginity. If you love a wild woman, it cannot…

Feminism

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If you want to love a wild woman, ____________
If you want to love a wild woman, ____________
Feminism

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You live here because

You live here because you bought it, and now you’re in limbo. It’s not the dream you thought it would be, but untangling the knot would be too complicated, and staying, well, staying is not that bad, but it’s not what you want, what you thought, what you dreamed. You…

Fiction

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You live here because
You live here because
Fiction

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Here is how I release cords when exes want my energy.

Here is how I cut cords when exes want my energy — First, I remind myself not to feel bad for them, that they chose their lives, and that I cannot and should not fix another human being. Then I wipe the soul molasses slime off my arms. It’s filled…

Mental Health

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Here is how I release cords when exes want my energy.
Here is how I release cords when exes want my energy.
Mental Health

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You Can’t Good Girl Your Way To Respect

Do you remember Esther Crawford of Twitter? She was the product head of Twitter Blue, and a photo of her sleeping on the floor of Musk’s Twitter made the rounds with the tag #sleepwhereyouwork. Some people lauded her as a woman who “knew what it meant” to work hard. …

Equality

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You Can’t Good Girl Your Way To Respect
You Can’t Good Girl Your Way To Respect
Equality

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Three Phone Calls With Mom

“Hello?” “Hi, mom.” “Tay?” “No, it’s Jessie.” “You’re calling from Tay’s phone, though.” “I’m not, mom. You need to get your eyes checked.” “They still say I can drive.” “Yeah, that says more about the DMV than your vision.” “Don’t be fresh with me.” “I actually have a question. …

Fiction

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Three Phone Calls With Mom
Three Phone Calls With Mom
Fiction

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Published in “Are you okay?”

·4 days ago

If Computers Go Human, Humans Get Weird

If computers go human, then humans are free to get weird. If computers are writing and responding to LinkedIn messages, then it’s just one big positive canceling out one big negative, and no one reads LinkedIn anymore at all — just a series of automatic levers and replies. Designed to…

Philosophy

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If Computers Go Human, Humans Get Weird
If Computers Go Human, Humans Get Weird
Philosophy

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Published in “Are you okay?”

·4 days ago

Building Doors In Solid Walls

I’m left now with the task of building doors in solid walls — Trying to determine where they should be, their size, and, of course, if they’re worth all this work to begin with. I’m left now with the thrill of letting in some air, and maybe even a critter…

Mental Health

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Building Doors In Solid Walls
Building Doors In Solid Walls
Mental Health

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Published in “Are you okay?”

·6 days ago

There Will Be Time For You (Later)

Don’t you see how the banks are collapsing? How can you be so selfish? There will be time for you later. Don’t you see there’s a pandemic? Now is not the time for your petty concerns: loans, equality, debt, abortion. We have to focus all our energy on this now…

Equality

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There Will Be Time For You (Later)
There Will Be Time For You (Later)
Equality

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Published in “Are you okay?”

·Mar 13

Can I Get A Pandemic Girlfriend?

A Pandemic Story — Wade had worked in education for 13 years, then the pandemic hit and all his classes went remote. All he wanted was to surf, so when Costa Rica reopened to tourists in November 2020, he headed down with his laptop and created a schedule that worked with the tides. He…

Pandemic Stories

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Can I Get A Pandemic Girlfriend?
Can I Get A Pandemic Girlfriend?
Pandemic Stories

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Published in “Who Asked You?”

·Mar 12

Will SVB Collapse Impact Medium Payments?

Over the weekend, Etsy told sellers that their deposits would be delayed “because of recent developments regarding Silicon Valley Bank.” Moms selling stickers, shirts, drink ware, and other crafty trinkets are finding themselves worried about mortgage payments. I don’t know enough about the bank’s collapse, but I have noticed that…

Medium

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Will SVB Collapse Impact Medium Payments?
Will SVB Collapse Impact Medium Payments?
Medium

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Lisa Martens

Lisa Martens

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I want to be free to be strange. Download my ebooks: https://ko-fi.com/s/fbc51b6b15 🛸🪐 Lisa.snetram@gmail.com

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