What I Wore and Cringe Culture and You (Thank Goodness for You!)

Yes, there are some What I Wore photos in this post, but it’s not primarily a post about Style. It’s about the willingness to be vulnerable that Bloggers must muster to represent themselves with integrity or authenticity. This blogger, at any rate. Also about Cringe Culture and mean comments. . . so yes, I threw in some OOTD posts to lighten the mix. Hope you’ll click through to read more. xo

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May Reading

I began this post a week ago Monday, but then found myself unable to complete it. I’ve spent the ten or twelve days since debating whether I’ll continue blogging at all, wondering about the value…

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Our Ferrante ReadAlong Continues, Chapters 21-30 of “Story of the Shoes”

It seems to me that in this section we start to see these adolescents, nearing adulthood,  beginning to sort out ways to exercise some agency, to try to make a difference, to change their communities…

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Ferrante ReadAlong, The Plot Thickens. . .

As I begin re-reading Chapter 11 of “The Story about the Shoes,” the section of Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend recounting the girls’ adolescence, I see the easy temptation to think poorly of Lenù for…

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Finally, More Ferrante . . .

I can’t tell you how much I’m regretting some of the promises I made around here. Neck deep in packing and everything else that goes with moving, I’m more inclined to read murder mysteries* than…

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Copyright

Unless otherwise stated, all words and photographs in this blog are my own. If you wish to use any of them, please give me credit for my work. And it should go without saying, but apparently needs to be said: Do not publish entire posts as your own. I will take the necessary action to stop such theft. Thanks.