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While You and I Struggle to Create “Quality Work” For Zip, A Bimbo Makes 200 Grand From Farting

Warning: You may want a DNR in place before reading this — For a long while, I’ve believed that, as a society, we’re not worth shit. Turns out, perhaps we are, or at the very least, a fart or two. Allow me to explain. A kind writer here, who took my criticism of one of her “sex stories” in stride, passed along…

Rant

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While You and I Struggle to Create “Quality Work” For Zip, A Bimbo Makes 200 Grand From Farting
While You and I Struggle to Create “Quality Work” For Zip, A Bimbo Makes 200 Grand From Farting
Rant

6 min read


2 days ago

Was Job Hunting Always So Demoralizing?

There’s something terribly wrong, and it’s not with me — Today, I expended an indecent amount of time and energy applying to three jobs. Two freelance copywriter positions and the third at Target, for whatever low-level task they might hire me for. I have zero retail experience, Nada except for a brief stint working at a head shop in my…

Unemployment

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Was Job Hunting Always So Demoralizing?
Was Job Hunting Always So Demoralizing?
Unemployment

5 min read


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Rogues’ Gallery

·5 days ago

A Punk Says “Phew” to You

If you’re “old,” that is — Wow. I hardly know where to start this piece other than to tell you I’m fuming right now. But, according to a punk Ph.D. (Phaux Doctor) on this site, I should be PERfuming because people of a certain age, stink. His “story,” Why Do Old People Smell Old? is one…

Ageism

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A Punk Says “Phew” to You
A Punk Says “Phew” to You
Ageism

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Sep 19

I’m Too “Adult” for NewsBreak

And I don’t need a spanking — My personal history has proven that I can be a bit of a masochist. Take my return to NewsBreak, for example. I wasn’t planning to once again beat my head against the NB wall until I read several stories by writers who don’t suck and who shared that the platform…

Newsbreak

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I’m Too “Adult” for NewsBreak
I’m Too “Adult” for NewsBreak
Newsbreak

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Sep 16

My Baby Sister Was the Unwitting Portent That I’d Never Have the “Mom Gene”

Was she in cahoots with the Universe? — For those of you who read me regularly, you know that I don’t have human children and have never regretted it, as I prefer animals. Cats, specifically. I’m good with them and am dedicated to their care. I love them and they love me. And, in thinking about this, it…

Memoir

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My Baby Sister Was the Unwitting Portent That I’d Never Have the “Mom Gene”
My Baby Sister Was the Unwitting Portent That I’d Never Have the “Mom Gene”
Memoir

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The Partnered Pen

·Sep 4

The “New” Medium is All About Simplicity

You’re either boosted or you’re fu*ked — For years, nearly six, now, I’ve bemoaned the unfortunate reality that I just don’t get how this place works. How it’s run or even, who really runs it. When I began, in 2018, I blindly went down the same path as most of the other writers here. I wrote my…

Writing On Medium

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The “New” Medium is All About Simplicity
The “New” Medium is All About Simplicity
Writing On Medium

5 min read


Sep 1

Time to “Set Up Camp” With a Hoist

Talent plus empathy make for one hell of a writer — One of my favorite Medium writers is Deborah Camp. She knows her stuff and her stories are always a pleasure to read. …

Hoist

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Time to “Set Up Camp” With a Hoist
Time to “Set Up Camp” With a Hoist
Hoist

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Aug 31

A Survivor and Thriver Gets a Hoist

We can all take a lesson — What can one say about Jan Sebastian 🖐👩‍🦰 other than the woman is the epitome of a badass? She has candidly and humorously shared stories of her colorful life before and after experiencing a stroke which affected both her speech and mobility. …

Hoist

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A Survivor and Thriver Gets a Hoist
A Survivor and Thriver Gets a Hoist
Hoist

3 min read


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The Partnered Pen

·Aug 27

When an Act of Kindness Leaves You Feeling Like a Schmuck

He talked and kept on talking — Last week, on one of the hottest days this area has experienced this summer, I ventured out to bag some groceries. Not literally, mind you. I was pulling a cart from the corral and another shopper, a gentleman who looked to be in his late fifties or so, was doing…

Life

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When an Act of Kindness Leaves You Feeling Like a Schmuck
When an Act of Kindness Leaves You Feeling Like a Schmuck
Life

5 min read


Aug 23

In a Fix

When it feels like your house is turning against you — Within the last several months, I have been doing my best to rise above a Tsunami of home-related shit. Literally. Backed-up toilets resulting in a hole in our downstairs bathroom’s ceiling. A backed up floor drain in the laundry room that had me buying Green Gobbler like it was going…

Life

4 min read

In a Fix
In a Fix
Life

4 min read

Sherry McGuinn

Sherry McGuinn

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Long-time writer and big-time dreamer. Screenwriter. Cat mama. Red lip aficionado. sherrymcguinn@gmail.com

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