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Anna Pulley

Anna Pulley

Nothing but the tooth: Or, self-acceptance is overrated

While I was cleaning out my father’s house after he died, an exercise I gallowsly described to friends as “throwing away my childhood,” I…

Jul 31, 2023

Nothing but the tooth: Or, self-acceptance is overrated

Jul 31, 2023

Anna Pulley

Happiness Crash Course: Key Lessons from Yale’s Science of Well-Being Class

I recently finished Yale’s excellent Science of Well-Being course, taught by Dr. Laurie Santos, and offered for free through Coursera.

Mar 7, 2023

Happiness Crash Course: Key Lessons from Yale’s Science of Well-Being Class

Mar 7, 2023

Anna Pulley

Want better dates? Tap into the five senses

Our senses — sight, smell, hearing, touch, and taste — are how we take in the world and gain new knowledge, particularly in the realm of…

Jan 25, 2023

Want better dates? Tap into the five senses

Jan 25, 2023

Anna Pulley

The challenges of writing about disability

The work of the eyes is done. Go now and do the heart-work on the images imprisoned within you. — Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

Aug 29, 2022

The challenges of writing about disability

Aug 29, 2022

Anna Pulley

Why we (still) need hopeful queer stories

I first learned about gay people when I was three. The house my family rented had been previously occupied by two deeply closeted gay men…

Feb 11, 2022

Why we (still) need hopeful queer stories

Feb 11, 2022

Anna Pulley

Like Icarus

A reexamination of failing and flying

Aug 3, 2021

Like Icarus

Aug 3, 2021

Anna Pulley

Death Diary: On Denial and Daily Grief Rituals

October 13

Dec 29, 2019

Death Diary: On Denial and Daily Grief Rituals

Dec 29, 2019

Anna Pulley

Death Diary: On Dommes and the Paradox of Submission

(Previously: Once in Reverence and Once in Despair)

Dec 22, 2019

Death Diary: On Dommes and the Paradox of Submission

Dec 22, 2019

Anna Pulley

Death Diary: Once in Reverence and Once in Despair

September 24

Dec 16, 2019

Death Diary: Once in Reverence and Once in Despair

Dec 16, 2019

Anna Pulley

Death Diary: Spite Dancing and Getting Dumped on My Birthday

(Previous Death Diaries: Part 4, Part 3, Part 2, and Part 1.)

Dec 8, 2019

Death Diary: Spite Dancing and Getting Dumped on My Birthday

Dec 8, 2019

Anna Pulley

Anna Pulley

Queer, multiracial, hard of hearing. Writing about love and loss. Looking for an escape? Get my first romcom FREE at annapulley.com.

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