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Gina Pulice
- Apr 29
- 5 min
Assholes! They’re just like Us!
I desired Johnny Depp with the intensity of one thousand suns. He was the very best bad boy and my unmitigated lust for him, which caught...
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Laura Thoma
- Mar 12
- 4 min
Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered
It was my first summer stock experience as both a dancer and choreographer. I was young, awkward, falsely confident, and tortured inside....
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Jen Bosworth-Ramirez
- Mar 2
- 4 min
This Table is Empty
This is my café. I own it. I own this café. Take your acceptable, effortless messiness, your pockmarked cheek charm, your presentable...
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Steven Strafford
- Feb 14
- 5 min
Baby, I'm Yours (Just for Today)
Just for today, I’ll love him. Just for today, he is my son. Hi, I’m Steven. I’m an alcoholic and crystal meth addict in recovery, and...
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Gina Pulice
- Jan 30
- 6 min
Repacking the baggage
It was a pretty small suitcase. About the size of a French bulldog. Big enough to hold two pairs of jeans, a couple t-shirts, some socks...
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Gina Pulice
- Dec 18, 2021
- 7 min
Maybe God works at Whole Foods.
I do not believe in miracles. I have seen hell, been to heaven, and lost my religion. And yet. Something is brewing. This is a something...
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Gina Pulice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 5 min
I was wrong.
I was wrong about Ralph Nader. I was wrong about diet soda and light cigarettes and high heeled shoes. I was wrong about the physical...
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Gina Pulice
- Oct 14, 2021
- 8 min
I Am Not a Good Friend
About three years ago, I ran into an old friend from whom I’d been estranged for at least 5 years. It was palpably tense. We were each...
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Gina Pulice
- Sep 17, 2021
- 5 min
I've been looking so long at these pictures of me that I almost believe that they're real
It’s my fifth birthday. I am wearing a yellow paper crown that I got at school that day. It reads “It’s my Birthday!” in black felt tip...
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Gina Pulice
- Aug 31, 2021
- 7 min
If A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes, I am Screwed.
I do not identify as a princess, but I have always respected the hell out of Cinderella. What a great martyr. Everyone treats this poor...
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Gina Pulice
- Jul 14, 2021
- 9 min
What the Autopsy Won’t Tell Me
I was surprised when the woman from the coroner’s office told me she had already completed the exam. Having only just heard the news...
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Steven Strafford
- Jul 8, 2021
- 6 min
Doing Better
I am a white playwright and actor, and I have benefited greatly from white supremacy as it has shown itself in The American The-ah-tah. I...
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Gina Pulice
- May 26, 2021
- 5 min
Dandelion War
There are simply thousands of dandelions in my yard. They line the driveway, dot the patches of grass, and spring up through the gravel....
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Sylvie Sadarnac
- May 17, 2021
- 3 min
I'm Invisible: What's Your Superpower?
One happy consequence of aging without surgical help is that you cease to be visible. As in, men no longer see you on the street, which...
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Dana Black
- May 9, 2021
- 3 min
I Swear on My Mother's Grave-Mother's Day Musings
I love photos. I love scrapbooks. I used to make scrapbooks as a kid and cut photos in heart shapes and mount them on colored paper in...
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Gina Pulice
- May 4, 2021
- 6 min
Daddy Issues
You know those bathrooms with mirrors on each side that make it look like there’s an infinite number of yous? Where you can strain your...
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Gina Pulice
- Mar 24, 2021
- 7 min
May these thighs be for a blessing
Doing my part to support the cottage industry that is DNA testing, I spent ten minutes disgustingly spitting into a plastic tube and in a...
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Jen Bosworth-Ramirez
- Mar 6, 2021
- 3 min
Tongue to Tooth
The tongue gets used to a jagged tooth. Eventually. At first it’s really painful. The tongue catches, then there’s a sting, and...
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Gina Pulice
- Feb 8, 2021
- 3 min
Between the devil and the deep blue Me
Dry skin, chapped lips, tired eyes, bad attitude. These are my constant companions from December through about March. Sunny days offer...
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