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Sars,
Hoping you can help with this, but it helps just to rant for a bit.
Why is it that EVERY female on the planet is hooking up except me?
No, I know, you hear that all the …
Bulimia I know. Very very well.
I started when I was 16, ended when I was 29, and every step of the way was hard-fought. I’ve been free of the monster for six years, and it’s …
I came into the world a United States citizen, a daughter and granddaughter and great-granddaughter of United States citizens. I remain a United States citizen, and for the most part, I enjoy my United States …
It’s not a good day today. The weather is vintage August in New York — going outside feels like a cross between draping myself in a wet blanket fresh from an autoclave and taking that …
In about a month, I will relocate to Toronto for the season. I’ve scored a sweet sublet complete with DSL and a parking space, and I can’t wait to blow out of Manhattan with my …
Yesterday, I placed an online personal ad. And I can hear you right now all “oh suuuure, act like you don’t care whether you get married, ‘oh, I don’t care, I don’t need a man, …
Sars,
Again, your response to SJJD just rocks. There is a superb book called Slut!: Growing Up Female with a Bad Reputation by Leora Tanenbaum that might be valuable for all parties involved to read, as …
Dear Sars,
I just read the letter from Stuck in the Middle and figured I would comment on it, since I have had a similar issue with a friend of my boyfriend’s, and I have a …
Hi Sars,
I’m writing about Sincerely Concerned. I think she may be a little selfish — I mean, come on, she as much said she wants her mom around when they start having kids. Do you …
Hey Sars!
As a recent convert to the Tomato Nation, just let me say that I think the site’s absolutely fab. Love the essays, love the Vine, yadda yadda yadda. Yeah, I know you’ve heard it …