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    My Favorite F***ing Movie: Love in a Wasteland (The Doom Generation)

    / November 2, 2025

    Happy Halloween everyone! A couple housekeeping items before we get into this month’s essay. First, I’m thrilled to have two new poems in the most recent issue of Lit Angels, created by Francesca…

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    How I Stopped Recurring Yeast Infections

    / July 17, 2025

    I started this blog because, well, I have a lot of vagina problems to deal with! And deal with them I do, at least to the best of my ability—which often involves a…

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    Bartholin Cyst Recovery Diary #2

    / June 28, 2024

    I wanted to give a quick update, even though not a ton has technically changed. It’s been about four months (dang!) since my cyst became infected and I had to have it drained,…

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    Bartholin Cyst Recovery Diary #1

    / May 1, 2024

    If you read my last post, you know that about ten weeks ago my Bartholin cyst got infected and I had to have it lanced and drained at an urgent care center. It…

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    The Origin of Pain

    / April 15, 2024

    Or, The Worst Thing That’s Ever Happened To Me – Yet! Or, How the U.S. Health System Fucks You Up, Then Leaves You High and Dry Or, The Insidious Ways Doctors Weaponize Women’s…

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