When I was sixteen I got pregnant. I was betrayed by my boyfriend, who was five years older, who was responsible for “pulling out.” “It felt so good,” he said. I was too young to know about consequences and Karma. It was just four years after abortion became legal. No…
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Dating
Dating in the shadow of the sixties was a new dawn for women. Helen Reddy sand, “I am woman,” the same year as Roe vs Wade in 1972. The era of women barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen was ending and the start of burning bras and women’s lib. TIME’s…
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Friends
When I was fourteen my best friend wrote me a letter and told me she didn’t want to be my friend anymore. She told me I was weird and a loner and she was more into groups of friends. She steered me into the drama club then ditched, and I…