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Category Archives: Living
Ruminating on Release
It’s been quite a while since I’ve updated, I know, and things have been pretty scattered on this little end of the Internet. I’ve had several contributors writing here with me, and while it has been lovely working collaboratively with … Continue reading
Posted in It's Kinda Personal, Mind, Self
Tagged life journey, love, self, self acceptance, vulnerable
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Turf Girls Aren’t Easy
Football: It’s Not Just For Boys I’ve known several women throughout my life that have actually spent time in a football uniform—and not from the stands. They were turf girls. These are women (well, they were girls back when) who … Continue reading
Posted in Growing Up Girl, Sports
Tagged badass betches, Erin DeMeglio, feminism, feminist, football, girls who play football, sports, turf girls
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When You Screw Up, Fix It: 3 Steps to Being a Better Person
An ironic cruelty of life is the discomfort of growth, the pain of evolution. You might think that growth is positive, and thus should feel good. Well, growth is positive, but that doesn’t mean it will feel that way. So … Continue reading
Motherless on Mother’s Day
Thoughts on Mother’s Day from a Motherless Daughter… Okay, so I’m obviously not motherless. I had a mother, a wonderful mother, who died nine years ago. My mother was sort of like the quintessential mother: a true caretaker, a true … Continue reading
There are Days…
There are some days when I’m sitting at my desk, with no bra, and as my breasts rest on my top belly roll, I think: Life is Good. There are some days when I’m sitting at my desk, no bra, … Continue reading
Posted in It's Kinda Personal
Tagged belly rolls, choice, feminism, perception, perspective
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Football is not more important than protecting children.
Fair Warning: Foul language and strong opinions ahead. If you’ve followed any of the ongoing saga of Jerry Sandusky, former coach for the Penn State football program, then I think you probably get this post’s title reference. Long story short: … Continue reading
Posted in Current Issues, It's Kinda Personal, News
Tagged ethics 101, feminist, fuck you Paterno, pedophile, penn state, rape, sandusky, victims
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When I Was A Little Girl…
Hmm, this is new. When I was a little girl, Being outside was more important than most things. The word ‘driven’ only had one meaning. Crow’s feet belonged on birds. Telephones plugged in to the walls. Baths, not showers. Blocks … Continue reading
My First Foray into the Interwebs: Thoughts on Erotica, Instant Gratification, and, of course, Poo
Embarking on this, my inaugural post on girlnamedboo, nay, the interwebs themselves, I can’t help but think about some strange things about this whole online thing. Do you remember when looking something up usually involved decades old Encyclopedia Britannica or … Continue reading
Posted in Growing Up Girl
Tagged digital medium, erotica, feminine, online persona, poppin' cherries
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Lipstick. Liberation. Labias.
In the Beginning… There was a point in my life—and, if you’ve been driven, forced, or urged to read anything on this site, then you’ve probably experienced this in your life, too—where I rebelled against my feminine nature as an … Continue reading
Posted in It's Kinda Personal
Tagged community, feminism, feminist, growth, happiness, humanist, life journey, love, spirituality, support, women's rights
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The Challenging Days are the Self-Defining Days
It’s a Holy Sh*t Moment Today has certainly been one of those challenging days. The kind of day where the phone won’t stop ringing, and you jump more and more each time because every call is worse news. First, it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Living, Stress
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An Open Letter: 20 Things I Would Tell My 16 Year Old Self
Dearest Young Boo: There are things in your life that you will have to learn the hard way. That is the way of life, after all. But if the time/space continuum truly is just a perception of existence, not of … Continue reading
Posted in Blissability, Body, Family, Friends, Growing Up Girl, Living, Mind, Sex
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When Speaking Out Helps
You can’t visit any media outlet today without seeing a couple dozen people speaking out against one thing or another. I love seeing people stand up for what they believe in. I love, even more, when those cries don’t fall … Continue reading →