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Amber Groomes,Ph.D. (she/her)'s avatar

“Then, too, it feels important to point out that it was all too easy to dismiss confessional essays precisely because they were written by women or other marginalized writers”. This. I recently heard a statistic that cats are abused more often than dogs because they are associated with more feminine characteristics.

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Debbie Weiss's avatar

Loved this. My first published pieces were on “xojane.” Not a prestigious site, but one that resonated as being open and relatable to people in pain.

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