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the witching hour approaches
so called summer pt 1
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    Divorced. Now what?,  The Mother Hood

    Step-Mothers Get No Respect: Reflections on the Major Suck that is Step-Parenting

    October 1, 2014 /No Comments

    Raised him from ten to eighteen. Two calls from boot camp, one favor asked, zero letters. What step-parenting actually buys you when the ex controls the story.

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  • Midlife Musings,  Living Single

    If Women Behaved Like Men

    September 30, 2014 /No Comments

    What if women catcalled men? In another universe we'd be the feral, unhinged beasts men cross the street to avoid. Apparently I think about this a lot.

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  • A Study Put Numbers to Doctor Who's Sexism
    Midlife Musings

    A Study Put Numbers to Doctor Who’s Sexism

    September 29, 2014 /No Comments

    A study put numbers to what I always felt about Doctor Who's gender problem with its companions. My grievances with Amy Pond and Clara, and why Ten is my Doctor.

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  • Relationships Bite - Am I Doomed?
    Divorced. Now what?,  Living Single

    Relationships Bite: Am I Doomed?

    September 29, 2014 /No Comments

    What if mr horrible was my soulmate? I almost ran off the road. Then I came to my senses — but the thought that replaced it wasn't any better.

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    Seeing Double

    September 24, 2014 /No Comments

    My coworker got nominated for employee of the month after missing three weeks — possibly for being in jail. I called out for a sick child and got talked about. Same old double standard.

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