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Why do we still tell women that their lives begin when they get married?
Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. “Tomorrow my life begins.” I can’t even tell you how many times I have heard this phrase uttered on the various wedding blogs, websites, and groups that I have been a part of ever since getting engaged earlier this year. Although, as a society, we are getting married later and later, the notion that a woman’s life truly begins the day that she puts that ring on her finger remains. There are a lot of reasons for this that I don’t particularly want to get into at the moment (the patriarchy, obviously, being one of them) but let me say this:…
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Dose & OMGFacts: December 2016
What I Learned Struggling To Get Sober Guys, Don’t Talk To Women Working In Coffee Shops Want more? Subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates on my memoir (Moscow Chica). Then follow my official Facebook writer page and find me on Twitter, Instagram & Pinterest!
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Dear coffee shop guy: No, it’s not okay to “talk to me” when I’m busy
Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. Let me describe my morning to you today: I woke up with Adam, lazily got out of bed as usual, showered and got ready to go to my usual coffee shop to work on this Tuesday morning. Once there, I picked up my Earl Grey hot tea, extra cup of ice water and today I chose a bagel for breakfast. I sat down in my usual spot, opened up my laptop and browsed through Spotify until I decided on what to play as I got started on a VERY busy morning of writing. Everything was going really, really well until some guy,…