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What High School English Taught Me: The Patriarchal Gaze Inside My Head

I’m curious about something… If you identify as a woman, how much time do you spend wondering what men will think?

Jan 21, 2022

What High School English Taught Me: The Patriarchal Gaze Inside My Head

Jan 21, 2022

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Coming Out to My 10-Year-Old Was Easier Than Writing This Post

Last June, my child’s father had taken her to San Francisco for a weekend trip and she’d returned with a pride shirt. She didn’t know it…

May 26, 2022

Coming Out to My 10-Year-Old Was Easier Than Writing This Post

May 26, 2022

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I Got Separated From My Baby While Flying — Don’t Do This on Your Holiday Trip!

I was standing in front of the plane that my sleeping toddler was on, and two flight attendants were blocking me from getting on.

Nov 3, 2022

I Got Separated From My Baby While Flying — Don’t Do This on Your Holiday Trip!

Nov 3, 2022

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The Orange Journal

Do We Have to Abandon Passion to Find Peace?

Our culture rewards us for being passionate about our work. Is that a bad thing?

Jul 6, 2022

Do We Have to Abandon Passion to Find Peace?

Jul 6, 2022

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Keeping a Dream Journal Made Me a Better Writer

A story is like a dream. We get fragments of it, pieces from our imagination — it may start with an idea or image, or a particular…

Jun 3, 2022

Keeping a Dream Journal Made Me a Better Writer

Jun 3, 2022

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Advice for My 25-Year-Old Self

Turning 25 was sort of like learning there was no Santa Claus.

Apr 29, 2022

Advice for My 25-Year-Old Self

Apr 29, 2022

Liz Cotone

The gendered nature of the work/life/self-care balance

WARNING: This article is gendered. I’d like for it to not be gendered and stereotyped about men’s and women’s roles as parents, but I have…

Feb 25, 2022

The gendered nature of the work/life/self-care balance

Feb 25, 2022

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The Importance of Writing Unimportant Words

If you want to be a writer, it’s important to let yourself write the unimportant. The pressure of writing something important can…

Feb 18, 2022

The Importance of Writing Unimportant Words

Feb 18, 2022

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Why I’m Dating My Novel (An Ode to My Muse)

Patterns. We all create them in our lives. We repeat the same relationship with different people. We sabotage our careers the same way in…

Feb 11, 2022

Why I’m Dating My Novel (An Ode to My Muse)

Feb 11, 2022

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BEWARE!!! ADOLESCENCE — What 16-Year-Old-Me Knew That Most Adults Never Learn

At some point, when decluttering the closet in my old room at my parents’ house, I shoved a bunch of papers and pictures in a box and…

Jan 14, 2022

BEWARE!!! ADOLESCENCE — What 16-Year-Old-Me Knew That Most Adults Never Learn

Jan 14, 2022

Liz Cotone

Liz Cotone

(she/her) Writer, reader, story lover. Sharing my personal journey and looking for inspiration in all the right places (finally!)

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