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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.

  • I’m Not Sorry My Toddler Acts Like a Toddler, Thank You Very Much

    I’m Not Sorry My Toddler Acts Like a Toddler, Thank You Very Much

    This isn’t a real post, more of a passing observation. I’ve noticed over the past year that I’m doing that thing that many first time parents do: Expecting way too much from my two year old. As the oldest of ninety-thousand kids, I absolutely hated this growing up. At five I was practically expected to…

  • A Beginner’s Guide to Mental Health and Healing: What I’ve Learned After Five Years in Therapy (And How It Might Help You)

    A Beginner’s Guide to Mental Health and Healing: What I’ve Learned After Five Years in Therapy (And How It Might Help You)

    Before I found a therapist I liked and could trust, I didn’t know much about mental health aside from what I’d learned in AP Psychology in high school (which was taught from an outdated nineteen-eighties textbook that had pictures that currently brings to mind murder documentaries. It essentially demonized anyone with an atypical brain or…

  • The Demon Jay From The Pits of Hell

    The Demon Jay From The Pits of Hell

    I was recently traumatized by a demon death bird from hell and because I hate to sit with these horrors alone, I thought I’d share with you. Like a form of bloggy Trauma Bonding. My son and I were in the backyard the other day raking an area that had become overgrown with weeds so…

  • This Was So Embarrassing, Y’all.

    This Was So Embarrassing, Y’all.

    And then suddenly something snapped in his baby brain and he turned and charged a pod of tots like a bowling ball headed for the pins…toddlers were airborne and flying.

  • The Competitive Underworld of Preschool Admissions

    The Competitive Underworld of Preschool Admissions

    Eighties parents were like, “Okay kids, you’re going to stay with this lady named, er, Barbara, I think? Anyhow, be back later. Don’t be a cry baby, Jesus christ, she’s not scary, some ladies just like to hold a flaming torch to match their HORNS FROM SATAN.”

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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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