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Follow along for some unhinged ranting about writing, life-ing, and things that I am reading or hyper focusing on at the moment. Could be a book series or Orcas, your guess is as good as mine.

  • 39 Weeks Pregnant: My Brain is Broken

    39 Weeks Pregnant: My Brain is Broken

    In baby news, I’m 39 weeks pregnant and it feels like someone has plucked my brain out of my skull and I’m just wandering around with my head up my ass.

  • On Community

    On Community

    Our house in Salt Lake City, La Casa Fristy, is a tiny bungalow on a tree-lined street in a liberal neighborhood called Sugarhouse. It gets its name from the sugar beet test factory that used to be here about a hundred years ago that was owned by the Mormon church. I have no idea what…

  • Maternity Photos by Alixanne Loosle

    Maternity Photos by Alixanne Loosle

    If you’re at all familiar with my travel blog, Surviving in Italy, you might be familiar with the work of my wedding photographer, Alix. She has a very natural, journalistic style and so when it came time to do maternity pics I knew that she was the best fit for us because I’m not great…

  • 36 Weeks Pregnant: Please Send This Child an Eviction Notice (and tell me I’m pretty)

    36 Weeks Pregnant: Please Send This Child an Eviction Notice (and tell me I’m pretty)

    Next week I’ll be 37 weeks pregnant which means (according to Google and my lady doctor) that I’ll be full-term. Please, someone, send this kid an eviction notice. He’s taking up all of the space in my insides and I look like a candied apple, just a giant round thing on top of two sticks.…

  • I Almost Died

    I Almost Died

    At least I thought I might die. Two days ago I was minding my own business when suddenly I couldn’t breathe and my heart started pounding and my head felt woozy. Web M.D. said, “you’re dying,” and I climbed into bed and stared at the ceiling until the bad feeling passed an hour later. I…

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I’m m.e.evans

M.E. Evans is a journalist and the author of the bestselling feminist memoir, Naked In Italy. She is known for her stinging prose and dark humor. When she’s not holed up and writing you can find her talking about books on her podcast You’re Gonna Be Great! (YGBG!) or writing about books for the bookish lifestyle newsletter, The Main Character Society.

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