When I was 19 years old I started hanging out with artists, writers, musicians, and designers. At the time I wasn’t producing any work of my own, or even really conscious that I’d surrounded myself with creative types. I spent a lot of time hanging out in...
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When I was 33 a young woman who’d just entered college told me that I absolutely HAD to read The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. She was so certain that I would love it that she brought me her own copy and insisted that I start it right away. She...
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Today is my first motherhood post on Get Born. I will be writing a monthly column there on the 9th of every month. Warning: Today’s post goes to a dark place. I promise I won’t take you there very often. Reposting below. Hi! I’m Melanie, and I write the...
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There was some sort of weird “connect to the past” vibe going on this weekend. Act 1 Had some friends in town from L.A. One of them heard that I had in my possession a video of myself and my friends from nearly 20 years ago (thanks, Fiancé) and demanded to...
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