“You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.” —Amy Bloom Beauty should be painful? Really? It is amazing how powerful our girly thoughts are . . .yes, those thoughts that ...
I am sitting in the living room of a friend who is playing the piano, looking out on the snowy April landscape. She is relaxed; her home is immaculate, which wouldn’t be a cause for ...
Sexual politics run deep in our responses, even in casual meetings. We act like “dutiful little girls” in our responses, and in an almost instinctive reaction, we do to ourselves what society has taught us ...
Many things probably turn you on, as they should. One thing that really turns me on is going to the Electric City. For those of you who do not know the lore of upstate New ...
Have you ever been on the front page of your local newspaper? I don’t mean as a cute baby in the Easter Parade, or for having committed some terrible crime, or for being awarded a ...
I was in my local health food store when I saw a neighbor and we began chatting. When she asked what I was up to, I told her about my recent blog on giving up ...
He loves me, he loves me not? The bigger question is: Why do I care so much? Well the BIG Day—Valentine’s Day—has come and gone. This day of tension, caused by the painful and ...
There is a crack in everything . . . that’s how the light gets in. —Leonard Cohen There is something about a holiday—and Valentine’s Day in particular—that makes us focus even more than usual on ...
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