Through a Hedge Backward

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So about that midlife career change...
Six weeks of nursing school down, a bunch more to go.
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Erin E.
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March 2023

"We Turn Away from Our Future Selves"
what Victoria Smith's "Hags" has to say about middle-aged women--one of whom, it seems, I have become
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Erin E.
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December 2022

A Nicolas Cage film taught me everything I need to know about life
My attempt at cultural relevance: disagreeing with a long-dead film critic about a 22-year-old Christmas movie, after Christmas
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Erin E.
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November 2022

Less skin-smoothing filter, more don't-be-an-a-hole filter
per Holly Math Nerd's request, I've compiled some thoughts on purposefully employing prosocial filters, and how filtering yourself does not equate to…
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Erin E.
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Big announcement: Book Review Contest Loser
It's happened again: I have failed. If you're interested in a non-award-winning review of Leviathan Wakes, you're in luck.
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Erin E.
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Pre-preparations for a tentative return to society after years of hermitage
like most people, my self care involves chasing the scent of a young European millionaire's custom leather valise
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Erin E.
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October 2022

Wading into the morass of gender ideology via a book review; please don't come at me, though
a review of Shannon Thrace's forthcoming memoir, "18 Months"
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Erin E.
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September 2022

My ethic of life: Part 2A
assisted suicide: cool or not cool?
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Erin E.
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My ethic of life
organizing my thoughts regarding life and death into a coherent philosophy; special thanks to Wilson Sporting Goods and 20th Century Fox for sponsoring…
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Erin E.
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August 2022

With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come
quoting Shakespeare for melodramatic effect can only mean one thing: it was my birthday recently
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Erin E.
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July 2022

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