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Privilege Walk: Proof of Burden
Privilege Walk: Proof of Burden
How would you fare on the walk of shame?
Joy Ellsworth
Nov 18, 2023
The Preciousness of Children for Pro-Choice Parents
The Preciousness of Children for Pro-Choice Parents
I’m posting this because I love my kids and all children as if they were also my kids. All kids deserve a chance to grow into the…
Joy Ellsworth
Jun 27, 2022
What’s your version of New Year’s existentialism in the COVID era?
What’s your version of New Year’s existentialism in the COVID era?
Get ready to ask yourself some hard questions about priorities to see a substantially better 2022 for you.
Joy Ellsworth
Jan 13, 2022
How Remembering Your History Can Restore Your True Identity
How Remembering Your History Can Restore Your True Identity
Think back to your childhood for a brief, quiet moment. Pick one enjoyable thing (non-sexual!) that you did on a regular basis that you got…
Joy Ellsworth
Jan 29, 2018
Laughing about Giving All the F#@%s
Laughing about Giving All the F#@%s
My apologies about all the F-bombs that are in order here…
Joy Ellsworth
Mar 11, 2021
Contradictions That Make Sense
Today I was pulling out of a gas station and a writhing man standing on the sidewalk with his shirt bunched around his neck caught my eye…
Joy Ellsworth
Jul 10, 2017
The Uncanny Comfort of a Ball
The Uncanny Comfort of a Ball
Being a mother of a toddler gives me special insight into the basic concepts of childhood. The fact that he’s very different than I was…
Joy Ellsworth
Apr 5, 2018
You Can Do It. (Yes, you right there, reading this.)
I believe that with my entire being, and here’s how I can confidently live with myself putting that statement out there.
Joy Ellsworth
Jul 17, 2017
Why Education — Even for Old People — Is Sooo Worth The Time
When you were in grade school, you learned about rules and roles. Yes, information was part of it too, but symbolically, the most important…
Joy Ellsworth
Aug 2, 2017
Could Trauma Actually Be Helpful?
There was a time when I probably would have jumped at the opportunity to have my past traumas removed from my mind. Now I’m not sure that…
Joy Ellsworth
Aug 7, 2017
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