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How to Help Sammy Unfuck Her Brain Part 1
Before we get into the details of what happened, aka we return to the “scene of the crimes”- I would like you to be equipped. Just like camping in the wilderness, when going into the wild of someone’s psyche we need training and gear or you will not survive. In the situation you are about…
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My References
Here are most of my references that read and informed my research. Have you read any of them? Would love to discuss! #bookclub Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find – and Keep – Love by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller (Read my review!) Difficult Conversations: How to…
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Introducing the Burnt Out Bitch.
Hi there! I’m Sammy aka the Burnt Out Bitch. I’m back – again – to speak my truth. I’m currently living in Los Feliz, my dream neighborhood when I was a senior in high school. So much so I even wrote a novel where I imagined my dream life after college and thus my protagonist…
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AWP 2024 Post-Conference Reflection
For the first time ever, I attended the American Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Conference. Oh my! I had been wanting to attend since I interned at Red Hen Press in 2016. Now I have, and it was enlightening. To be honest, I didn’t really learn much about what’s going on in the writing world,…
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Getting excited for AWP 2024
For the first time ever, I’m going to AWP! I’m so excited! I’ll be staying with a bunch of poets in a house in Kansas City, Missouri. It will be a time! Nicelle has organized for us all (and many other poets!) to perform! Teaching everyday encouraging my students to make their dreams come true…
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I dream of a world
By Zainab “I stood up for myself and my values as a woman when my family wanted to decide for me. I dream of a world where women can follow their dreams and make their own choices.” This piece is from The Feminist Toilet #2. To return to the table of contents, click here.
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Bullshit Lines
collated by Dwell Time (2021) Dwell Time is an award winning, not-for-profit arts publication reflecting on mental wellbeing. Produced and curated by Alice Bradshaw, Vanessa Haley & Lenny Szrama, founded in 2018. For National Poetry Day and World Mental Health Day 2021, Dwell Time collated responses to an open call for bullshit and this is…
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The Feminist Toilet #2
Published on World Toilet Day, 2021 Edited By Sammy Ginsberg & Brian Sonia-Wallace Dear Toilet-appreciator, For some the toilet is an embarrassing necessity, something one does but never talks about. It just happens in the room it happens in – safe, sanitary, solitude. But we know that this is not true for everyone. More than…
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Thank You!
By Sammy Ginsberg Thank you, thank poo! We would like to thank our amazing contributors for taking us seriously when we said, “please send you your toilet poems!” It is amazing and surreal to see so many poems and so many contributors and so many pages: Clive Matson, Bryn Wickerd, Ilana Gustafson, Troubadour Trixter, Maureen…