Emily’s Substack

you can be pro-choice without dehumanizing the disabled

on holding multiple truths

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May 2026

I liked Graham Platner

god forbid I be hopeful about a man

May 31 • Emily's Version

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getting married at 34 vs. 24

on second chances and second weddings

May 28 • Emily's Version

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What's Missing from The New Yorker Piece

Did Belle Burden's ex-husband's PR team commission this?

May 24 • Emily's Version

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what disney and 2000s media actually taught millenial women

hint: it wasn't idealized emotional connection

May 13 • Emily's Version

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March 2026

is having a husband embarrassing, too?

I know everyone is sick of this, but I’m going to talk about Lindy West again.

Mar 25 • Emily's Version

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I wish Lindy West had found herself on her road trip

Before this week, I did not recognize Lindy West’s name, but when someone mentioned she wrote Shrill, I briefly thought she was Aidy Bryant.

Mar 23 • Emily's Version

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July 2025

how david kibbe's typing system helped me find peace with my body

I was born in 1991 which means that I came of age when Nicole Richie was Paris Hilton’s “fat friend” and 00 was the most coveted number in your…

Jul 9, 2025 • Emily's Version

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June 2025

white women, feminism, and the illusion of choice

I was raised in the Bible Belt in the 1990s on a steady diet of James Dobson, the moral majority, and "I Kissed Dating Goodbye." My highest calling was…

Jun 29, 2025 • Emily's Version

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everything can't be eugenics

you keep using that word, I don't think it means what you think it means.

Jun 5, 2025 • Emily's Version

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May 2025

your marriage should make you happy

most of the time, anyway.

May 24, 2025 • Emily's Version

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he's not a good husband.

I was scrolling instagram and saw a post by one of my favorite follows, Paige Connell, talking about how there is an epidemic of women married to “good…

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