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As someone treated a certain way their entire adult life because they were voluptuous and pretty, it’s become a joy to be unseen. But it was a bit of a journey, letting go, and boy how I wish I could tell other women struggling with the fade of their bloom how great life is once you let go of the flower.
Miranda July • All Fours
Women, always the women. Thank goodness for the women.
Alexander Chee • The Best American Essays 2022
“Well … you know that every woman I know in London with a long-term partner who also wants kids … they usually try to get pregnant at 34.”
“Why?” he asks.
How to explain this to him? It wasn’t merely that women are told that at age 35 our fertility begins to decline. Thirty-five has also become this huge scary destination that we’ve been warned about
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