Do You Have A Thing For Abusers?

My friend did, and she couldn’t see the red flags

Nicole Chardenet
Nov 1 · 7 min read
Muscular young man with a winter cap on and aviator sunglasses
Muscular young man with a winter cap on and aviator sunglasses
Photo by Kai Stachowiak on Public Domain Pictures — License CC0 Public Domain

II used to go clubbing back in the day with a woman who didn’t know how not to get hit by men.

Sandy resembled Kirstie Alley, then popular on Cheers. Her face bore a sort of friendly fatuity which wasn’t her resting-dimbulb-face. There just wasn’t much going on underneath. We had little in common. But…

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Nicole Chardenet

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Blogger, author, egalitarian, into brains & Buddhist psychology, living in the Murky Middle of political/social thought. Too strong & empowered to be a feminist

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