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I've Stopped Using Sex Appeal to Get What I Want

""Why do we care to?" I remember briefly thinking."

Saying Goodbye to my Pierced Nipples

"Those little barbells were proof that I was still worth something."

Self Help Burnout and the Politics of Healing

"A Healed Person, for instance, does not binge a pint of Ben & Jerry's after a breakup, or smoke weed each day to manage a miserable job, or f*#k a stranger on a lonely night. Instead, they channel their emotions into "productive" self-care methods like chores, exercise, art, or hot baths."

Drunk Mummy, Sober Mum

"My identity was so watered down by cheap wine and warm beer that I no longer knew who lay beneath."

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