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Hilde Festerling

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How to — Finally — Change Your Name

Putting an end to 18 years of awkward conversations about my ID

Jun 4

How to — Finally — Change Your Name

Jun 4

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The Coming War Over Our Shared Pokémon Avatar

“No, son, our graphic T must be retro.”

May 21

Photo of a pokemon Charizard character

May 21

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Inky, Rhythmic, Joyful: Writing Novels by Hand

How I found my writing process in dollar store notebooks

May 17

Inky, Rhythmic, Joyful: Writing Novels by Hand

May 17

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How to Know the Grain of Your Knife

Everything my dad taught me about blades

Apr 24

How to Know the Grain of Your Knife

Apr 24

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How to Heal Like the Cottonwood

Vigorous, lively, everywhere, sometimes irritating

Apr 18

How to Heal Like the Cottonwood

Apr 18

Busytown’s Big Girls

The relentless fat-shaming of Big Hilda the Hippo

Apr 11

Photo of a hippo peering out from the water.

Apr 11

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Instagram Will Eat Your Art Practice

On how to preserve your creative interior

Mar 15

Instagram Will Eat Your Art Practice

Mar 15

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When Real Dolls Go Real Rogue

The perils of an imaginative family life

Feb 24

Photo of an eerie-looking little doll wearing a onesie and missing the top half of her skull, tied to a stake with a tiny firecracker strapped to her back.

Feb 24

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Home Is Where the Haunted Dolls Rest

How to transform your childrens’ toys into a nightmarish exploration of the gothic for the whole family

Feb 23

Home Is Where the Haunted Dolls Rest

Feb 23

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How to Disrupt the World with Stories

And why I have to keep trying

Feb 3

How to Disrupt the World with Stories

Feb 3

Hilde Festerling

Hilde Festerling

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Writer and storyteller for the subversive family audience. Speaking to the childhood awakenings still alive in every reader.

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