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Mary Flegler

What is Wanting Children Supposed to Feel Like?

In the thick of child-bearing age, I can’t tell if I’m too young or too old to become a mother

8 min readAug 18, 2022

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Mary Flegler

Should We Cancel Halloween in Schools?

My neighboring community decided to do away with Halloween and Valentine’s Day, and I’m feeling ambivalent

9 min readOct 25, 2021

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Should We Cancel Halloween in Schools?

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Mary Flegler

If You’re Going Through Unemployment Hell, Keep Going

Notable phases and pitfalls of the jobless life, and why we must redefine purpose in the age of mass unemployment

10 min readSep 29, 2020

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Girl with head resting on seat of chair, appearing catatonically bored.

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Mary Flegler

It’s the End of the World as we Know it, and I Feel Jazzed

Let’s face it: the world as we knew it kind of sucked anyway

7 min readApr 13, 2020

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Man reading a burning newspaper

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Mary Flegler

Rape Culture Starts with a Cat Call: Now More Than Ever, We Cannot Tolerate the Small Stuff

Every man who demeans women is not destined to become a violent criminal — but that is where many of them get started.

11 min readAug 20, 2019

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Rape Culture Starts with a Cat Call: Now More Than Ever, We Cannot Tolerate the Small Stuff

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Mary Flegler

The Ministry of Marie Kondo

Marie Kondo takes us to the border of where spiritual meets the material

8 min readApr 12, 2019

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The Ministry of Marie Kondo

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Mary Flegler

Bowing to our Neon God: Why You Should Listen to the Sound of Silence a Half Century Later

In case you didn’t notice, Netflix recently added The Graduate to its repertoire. I saw the film for the first time as an angsty…

7 min readJan 28, 2019

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Bowing to our Neon God: Why You Should Listen to the Sound of Silence a Half Century Later

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How to Shop for the Holidays When the Earth is Dying

If your social media feed is anything like mine, you probably scroll past several articles a day that provide new and depressing insights…

5 min readDec 21, 2018

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How to Shop for the Holidays When the Earth is Dying

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Mary Flegler

Teens This Side of 10 A.M.

How can we expect teenagers to respect their health when our school schedules make that impossible?

6 min readApr 25, 2018

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Teens This Side of 10 A.M.

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A fat woman walks past you eating an ice cream cone. What do you say to your friends?

A group of high school boys are crowded outside the girl’s locker room shower facilities, where they’ve found peepholes that allow them to…

13 min readSep 9, 2016

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A fat woman walks past you eating an ice cream cone. What do you say to your friends?

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Mary Flegler

Mary Flegler

Overthinking everything since 1988. Washed-up teacher who writes/gesticulates wildly about education, mental health, culture, & lit. Will work for sushi.

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