Christina Ducruet

It didn’t surprise me to read that researchers at the University of Massachusetts found, in a synthesis of literature on working mothers, that matrescence was associated with enhanced knowledge, skills and capacity. They found evidence that it “strengthened women’s mindset, willpower, and overall emotional intelligence.”[7] Nothing that I had previ

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Genuine awakening occurs in the delicate, dynamic and delicious balance between agency and surrender.

To put this simply, there are 4 types of material that an essay wants to assemble: personal Experiences, cultural References, things that prove you right, and things that prove you wrong. Without experience, it’s an article. Without references, it’s a journal. Without counterpoints, it’s propaganda. Through the intersection of these tensions, your ... See more

This Substack should be a place for honest and useful conversation, on more or less any topic. But intentions matter.

There will be an ironclad no-assholes policy, enforced with the apparent capriciousness of a bolt of lightning. If you ever find yourself wondering whether to say something vicious to another subscriber here, please take a moment to... See more