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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.

  • It Happened And It Was Horrible

    It Happened And It Was Horrible

    Buckle up, it’s about to get gross. Yesterday I noticed that Leo was acting a little more defiant than usual, being a little more fussy than usual, and he had more dirty diapers than usual. But “usual” with a toddler is a stretch so I just shrugged it off to possibly too much fruit or…

  • How Bartending Prepared Me For Motherhood

    How Bartending Prepared Me For Motherhood

    A few years ago, I was stretched out on a lawn chair next to my sister’s pool when she plopped down next to me, yelled at her kids to stop getting water everywhere, and casually asked, “So are you guys going to have kids?” Already in my mid-thirties, I’d learned that this question was the…

  • What Is Stalking, Though?

    What Is Stalking, Though?

    Quick question, is it technically stalking if you have no actual interest in someone? Asking for me, honestly, because yesterday I went for a nice walk and then somehow ended up knowing all of the things about some guy I’ve never seen or met and don’t really want to because from what the internet tells…

  • What a Night, What a Morning

    What a Night, What a Morning

    Saturday night we wept a little watching Joe Biden and Kamala Harris walk onto the stage to give their speeches. What a relief, what a win, and wow! A woman of color as vice-president and the first Italian-American first lady! Also, it was extra adorable to have the toddlers in the room chanting Joe Biden!…

  • This Isn’t A Real Post

    This isn’t a real post. I just wanted to remind everyone to get out and vote if you haven’t had the chance yet or are for some reason on the fence or feeling unmotivated. I’ll be the first to say that neither candidate is ideal in my opinion but we can never have a country…

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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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