1.3k 26 Comments October 5, 2017 Hidden Blessings: Dispatches from the midlife trenches This weekend I am doing one of the most cliche things I've ever done: I am going to a midlife crisis workshop. Let me pull back and say it even bigger: I am a white divorced 42-year-old mom, and I am going to a midlife crisis workshop. I built a literal empire on offbeatness, but the current reality is pretty fucking stereotypical: just a confused midlife white lady going through a midlife crisis, here! NICE TO MEET YOU. Read More 15k June 7, 2017 The sacred jack-off: taking masturbation to a whole new weird level I was talking to a married friend recently, and she was all, "Look, it's cool that so many people are exploring forms of polyamory, but that's not me and that's not my marriage. I want to find new ways to expand my sexual experiences that AREN'T other people." And I was all, "Fuck yes — have you tried doing, like, a sacred jack-off?" And she was all, "Did you make this up?" And I was all, "Pssht. No." Read More 1.6k 21 Comments March 17, 2017 What I'm learning from dancing poorly Inspired by a local dancer's athletic performance in a show I saw years ago, I asked her if she would teach me some stuff. She said she would, and then I cried a lot because it's really hard looking stupid and learning new things. METAPHOR ALERT! Read More 2.5k 31 Comments March 3, 2017 How to write your stories, without being a dick about it A reader asks Ariel: "As you write your memoir following your divorce, how do you write about it honestly while also protecting your son and (if you even want to) your ex-husband?" Read More 1…3456
15k June 7, 2017 The sacred jack-off: taking masturbation to a whole new weird level I was talking to a married friend recently, and she was all, "Look, it's cool that so many people are exploring forms of polyamory, but that's not me and that's not my marriage. I want to find new ways to expand my sexual experiences that AREN'T other people." And I was all, "Fuck yes — have you tried doing, like, a sacred jack-off?" And she was all, "Did you make this up?" And I was all, "Pssht. No." Read More 1.6k 21 Comments March 17, 2017 What I'm learning from dancing poorly Inspired by a local dancer's athletic performance in a show I saw years ago, I asked her if she would teach me some stuff. She said she would, and then I cried a lot because it's really hard looking stupid and learning new things. METAPHOR ALERT! Read More 2.5k 31 Comments March 3, 2017 How to write your stories, without being a dick about it A reader asks Ariel: "As you write your memoir following your divorce, how do you write about it honestly while also protecting your son and (if you even want to) your ex-husband?" Read More 1…3456
1.6k 21 Comments March 17, 2017 What I'm learning from dancing poorly Inspired by a local dancer's athletic performance in a show I saw years ago, I asked her if she would teach me some stuff. She said she would, and then I cried a lot because it's really hard looking stupid and learning new things. METAPHOR ALERT! Read More 2.5k 31 Comments March 3, 2017 How to write your stories, without being a dick about it A reader asks Ariel: "As you write your memoir following your divorce, how do you write about it honestly while also protecting your son and (if you even want to) your ex-husband?" Read More 1…3456
2.5k 31 Comments March 3, 2017 How to write your stories, without being a dick about it A reader asks Ariel: "As you write your memoir following your divorce, how do you write about it honestly while also protecting your son and (if you even want to) your ex-husband?" Read More 1…3456