Permanent Retrograde

Permanent Retrograde

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Why I Divorced.
The question asked most by readers,
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Pictures of Molesters
TW: Depictions of abuse.
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Real Hollywood Gossip
On the right of me, a long-legged woman in a Pucci dress dances around.
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You've Been Caught
The identity of the person who spammed my Instagram account into the ground is going to be revealed to me.
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My Date With A Director
Five months after my husband moved out I went on my first real date.
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Nope.
If I wrote down everything that’s happened to me since last November I would go to jail.
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I Want To Light The World on Fire But I'm Too Scared To Die
Firstly.
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Banned from Instagram
One person reported 20+ of the Tik Toks I posted on Instagram as copyright infringement.
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I Quit
Crying doesn’t come naturally to me when I’m alone, because alone, the prospect of crying is the most terrifying idea.
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What the 1990s Were Actually Like (And Why You’ll Never Get It Back)
Listen, children of the digital age, let me tell you about a time when human connection wasn’t reduced to algorithmic interactions and…
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Face Lifts
When I recall myself with her, my Gram is a single woman in her fifties, one of the first female real estate agents in Canada.
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High School
“You can smell these eucalyptus trees.
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