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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: Stuck in My Craw!

Overextended Metaphors Are Another Symptom

But no one talks about it. Thank goodness that at King of States! we speak truth to hormones.

I Have Notes About, Menopause, womens-health

Three Irritants, Lockdown Day 45

I mean, obviously, I have far more than three. But no one has that kind of time, not even during a global quarantine.

I am literally reduced to writing about the weather, Long live the personal essay, Please send help

I hope you gave your marketing team a bonus for this one.

I aspire to gather up all these devices and hurl them into the sun, but that’s cruel to the sun. (Seriously, this is gross.)

AspireAssist, Fatphobia

#Not All Atlantic Writers (I Hope)

If you’ve been reading about the recent protests* at Yale University and found yourself thinking, “Why are these coddled Ivy League students getting … More

Next year let's all go as sexy racists, Privilege, Yale

Erase Me

Last week, my lucky spouse got to take a trip to the local city clerk’s office — jackpot! — to … More

marriage, names, Your assumption really only made an ass out of you this time

If sentient bullets have gone rogue, we’ve got bigger fish to fry.

Welcome to a new intermittent King of States! series, “Things That Are Stuck in My Craw.”* First, the Setup! A … More

Guns, Tamir Rice, Why yes I do have an abnormally large craw thanks for noticing
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