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King of States!

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I'm Michelle. This is my blog. I write about women and fatness, expound upon semi-coherent thoughts I have in the middle of the night, and offer tough love to those in whom I am disappointed; they are legion. I was born in New Jersey and live in Italy, the Jersey of Europe.

Category: Preach it.

Hell is (some)* other people.

*Most. It’s most other people. That’s why you gotta hang on to the good eggs.

Getting through the day with, Italo Calvino

A List of Things I Have Been Right About Recently

I mean, it’s hard to narrow them down into a manageable list, but these are some highlights.

Blogging, Cockles, Eagles Schmeagales

I’m Chilly, Could You Hand Me That Asbestos Blanket?

From the “Things It’d Be Great to Stop Talking About But We Really Can’t” File

Feminism, Rape Culture, We're here we're special snowflakes get used to it

My brain is even bigger than my ass, and you should get used to both.

People liked me. Of course they liked me. I was giving them exactly what they wanted: a diluted version of … More

Cool Girls, Feminism, I'm not a know-it-all I just actually know a lot of shit

The Seduction of Safety

Those who take safety for granted disparage safety because it is, like so many other rights, one that has always … More

Roxane Gay, Safe Spaces, Yet another person I want to be when I grow up who I'm pretty sure is younger than I am

As though I didn’t already love Hilary Mantel.

“When it was time to write, and he took his pen in his hand, he never thought of consequences; he … More

Hilary Mantel, Punctuation, The semicolon is dead long live the semicolon

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