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Life Without Children

Why the Crazy Cat Lady Stereotype Is Especially Problematic for Women Without Children

“Childless cat ladies” comments are just the tip of the iceberg

Jul 26, 2024

Why the Crazy Cat Lady Stereotype Is Especially Problematic for Women Without Children

Jul 26, 2024

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The Narrative Arc

How to Picnic Your Way Back To Yourself

Or why eating outdoors can be as life-affirming as it comes

2d ago

Image of author at six and her brother at three eating a picnic in 1990

2d ago

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Rooted

We Don’t Need Bigger Supermarkets, We Need Better Quality Produce

The day a two-football-pitch-sized supermarket broke my brain

5d ago

We Don’t Need Bigger Supermarkets, We Need Better Quality Produce

5d ago

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The Riff

Watching Eurovision for the First Time? Here’s What You Need to Know

This isn’t just singing; this is Europe in microcosm

Mar 28

Watching Eurovision for the First Time? Here’s What You Need to Know

Mar 28

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Rooted

How Our Food Systems Prevent Us From Eating Seasonally (Which Is Exactly Why We Should)

I never thought broccoli would get me so excited

Mar 20

How Our Food Systems Prevent Us From Eating Seasonally (Which Is Exactly Why We Should)

Mar 20

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Life Without Children

Why I Stopped Arranging My Life in Anticipation of the Children I Could Never Have

Being a mother wasn’t in my stars, so why was I still living as if it was?

Mar 18

Why I Stopped Arranging My Life in Anticipation of the Children I Could Never Have

Mar 18

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Rooted

Why Food Travel Should Be a Little More Bourdain, a Little Less TikTok

And how those who write the guides have a responsibility to go deeper than they often do

Mar 13

Why Food Travel Should Be a Little More Bourdain, a Little Less TikTok

Mar 13

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Rooted

The Radical Act of Eating Together

Half of London eats alone nearly every day

Mar 11

The Radical Act of Eating Together

Mar 11

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Bitchy

Sometimes I Wonder if We Know What Consent Really Means

It’s not up for debate.

Mar 8

Sometimes I Wonder if We Know What Consent Really Means

Mar 8

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Rooted

If Starbucks Wants to Reclaim the Third Space, It Needs to Stop Selling Mid-Level Coffee

“Too fancy to be basic, too basic to be fancy”

Mar 4

If Starbucks Wants to Reclaim the Third Space, It Needs to Stop Selling Mid-Level Coffee

Mar 4

Charlie Brown

Charlie Brown

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Food, wine & culture writer. 12+ years in hospitality. Editor of Rooted, a Medium food & drink pub. thesaucemag.substack.com

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