On the enduring fantasy of being “just a girl” — and how I finally decided to get a grip and grow up.
Confessions of a Recovering Baby Woman
On the enduring fantasy of being “just a girl” — and how I finally decided to get a grip and grow up.
By
Shannon Keating,
a freelance writer who covers culture
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“She left the room as I lay on the table, absorbing the surprising power of that sentence.”
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Even as I’ve spent my entire adult life wanting to look different, I’ve found and cultivated other parts of myself that have…
"If this story makes you uncomfortable, I invite you to sit with that. Let discomfort be the beginning."
