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Good Girl Syndrome Gave Me a Dissociative Disorder

I had officially become “The Good Girl,” and all it cost me was my sense of self.

4 min readMay 16, 2024

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Good Girl Syndrome Gave Me a Dissociative Disorder

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Maria Cassano
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The Virago

Here’s What Happened When I Laid Out All My Baggage on First Dates

According to a 1958 article entitled ‘129 Ways to Get a Husband,’ that’s a definite no-no

6 min readMay 24, 2024

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Here’s What Happened When I Laid Out All My Baggage on First Dates

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Maria Cassano
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Fourth Wave

Witches Were Accused of Keeping Disembodied Penises as Pets

Backlash to ‘Barbie’ movie shows it’s still a concern

5 min read3 days ago

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Witches Were Accused of Keeping Disembodied Penises as Pets

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Maria Cassano
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The Virago

I Was a Pick-Me Girl; Now I’m Fighting Men in Comment Sections

What happened? Self-esteem happened

4 min read17 hours ago

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I Was a Pick-Me Girl; Now I’m Fighting Men in Comment Sections

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Maria Cassano
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The Virago

Type-B People: Either Hire a Party Planner or Don’t Have It At All

Behind every event that “just came together,” there’s a traumatized, type-A guest picking up the slack

7 min read3 days ago

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Type-B People: Either Hire a Party Planner or Don’t Have It At All

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Maria Cassano
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The Virago

Here’s Why Women Have the Upper Hand When Dating

Hint: It’s not because we’re gatekeeping our vaginas

5 min readMay 28, 2024

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Here’s Why Women Have the Upper Hand When Dating

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Maria Cassano
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The Virago

Losing Weight Terrified Me — But Why?

The world is not a safe place for pretty women

6 min readMay 19, 2024

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Losing Weight Terrified Me — But Why?

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ILLUMINATION

How Eye Movements Healed My Deepest Wounds

I tried everything to fix my severe dissociation. EMDR was the only thing that worked.

4 min readMay 16, 2024

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How Eye Movements Healed My Deepest Wounds

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Type-A People Don’t Need Goal-Setting — They Need Goal Acknowledgement

Type-A people need to recognize all the things they’ve already done.

4 min readMay 16, 2024

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Type-A People Don’t Need Goal-Setting — They Need Goal Acknowledgement

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Maria Cassano

How To Craft A Great PR E-Mail — From A Writer Who Ignores Most Of Them

I’ve been writing commerce articles for half a decade now. When I first started, I answered every single PR message I got. Now, I receive…

5 min readJan 14, 2020

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How To Craft A Great PR E-Mail — From A Writer Who Ignores Most Of Them

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Maria Cassano

Maria Cassano

Writer & Editor — as seen in Bustle, CNN, NBC, Food & Wine, Allure, The Daily Beast, and Elite Daily | www.mariacassano.com/numb

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