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On celibacy, fantasy, Jane the Virgin, feminism, and not dating

Dating, Life
March 15, 2018/Charlotte
Obsessively binge watching Jane the Virgin coincided with – and perhaps influenced – my decision to stop dating and stop having sex. Not dating when you are romantically-lonely is uncomfortable and dissonant. It means...
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Sometimes labels help; what ADHD means to me

Life
March 13, 2018/Charlotte
Today is the 4-week-aversary of getting diagnosed with ADHD, and I’m in a mood to celebrate. Unfortunately my son is home sick from school, so I’m stuck under him on the couch while he...
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New Degree, New Hair, Who Dis?

Humour, Life, Parenting
March 1, 2018/Charlotte
When you’re a student and a solo mother, your budget for personal grooming is comparable to driving to the other side of town for a holiday instead of going to Thailand. Which is why...
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Healing came from little white pills

Life
November 13, 2017/Charlotte
Four months ago I started healing. This is what healing was like to start with: trembling knees, lungs that wouldn’t inflate properly, memories I didn’t want to remember, crying myself to sleep, crying in...
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How to answer questions when you’re not “good”

Life
October 1, 2017/Charlotte
Since I had a breakdown a few months ago, conversations have become harder. It’s like there’s an invisible time limit to sympathy that no one has expressed to me, but I’m conscious of not...
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Home is a place that is still

Life, Parenting
July 17, 2017/Charlotte
The thing about the urge to run, the crazy cannot-possibly-stay-where-I-am urge to run, is that it immobilises me. Fleeing something hard in my life is no longer an option and so I stay. I...
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