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Dear Damsels is Changing
Dear Damsels, Today, we’re announcing a transition for DD. We’ve been running this platform for nearly a decade (if you can believe it!) and in… Read More
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When I Grow Up
We're often asked as children what we want to be when we grow up. But in Laura Dilnot's eyes, it's who we want to be that makes all the difference. Read More
7 years ago
Uncool for School: Finding Our Individuality
We're a generation that celebrates uniqueness, each of us working on a different project or hobby – but it hasn't always been that way, as Molly Cooper explores. Read More
7 years ago
About a Bully
Emma Baines-Dinning writes about those that tear you down, and finding the people who will pull you back up. Read More
7 years ago
?We Used to be Friends
Maria Ilona Moore asks, what happens when a childhood best-friendship fades? Do you go back to being strangers? Read More
7 years ago
To the Ends of the Earth
Anna Myers discusses the perception of success and her own change of heart, in this essay on growing up and achieving dreams. Read More
8 years ago
Femininity As We Taught It
Molly Alessandra Cooper on unlearning all the rules we taught each other as teenagers, from what to shave (everything) to the acceptable kind of tampon to use. Read More
8 years ago
The Words We Left Behind
Abby Parsons explores the words from her past that are no longer acceptable, the way we use them now and the consequences. Read More
8 years ago
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