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The Love of Your Life
I am a Midwestern, steeped-in-traditional-gender-roles woman. Bring on the adversity, Universe! I will overcome for a husband!"and more...
Sep 26, 20187 min read
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Asexual Autonomy
Taking a break from all men....gave me the chance to actually get in touch with what I found to be attractive about me.
Aug 24, 20187 min read
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Mattie Jo Meets a Mormon
Nothing says deep soul connection like discussing your religious beliefs/hangups on a first date/airport dinner with yours truly.
Jul 12, 20186 min read
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Show Up, Go Dancing
Because my life in New York is literally never the same, I often arrive to therapy in a tizzy...
Jun 19, 20186 min read
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I'm First
I want to take it back to a little time in my life called “Mattie Jo goes to sex therapy.” Okay. It wasn’t exactly sex therapy. It was...
May 30, 20186 min read
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Life After Cowboys Part 3: That Abortion Place
The first time I went to Planned Parenthood, I was 23 years old in New York City and knew absolutely nothing about being sexually active
May 4, 20186 min read
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Life After Cowboys Part 2 : Blessed are The Meek
Hmmm...what’s the recap here? Oh yeah, I was like super excited to start dating in New York City with my new found self-respect and...
Apr 11, 20188 min read
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Life After Cowboys
Recap: Thanks to a Tinder date gone horribly wrong, I was awakened to my doing obligatory sex things for far too long, and I was done...
Mar 12, 20189 min read
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Where Have All The Cowboys Gone? - Pt. 3
Okay. Sorry to have skipped around a bit for the sake of discussing my lust-inducing butt photo on Instagram. But I’m back to discussing...
Feb 14, 20188 min read
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Modest is Hottest
As inspired by Neghar Fonooni, one of my all time favorites on social media and all around badass lady, I want to start a conversation...
Jan 26, 20186 min read
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Where Have All The Cowboys Gone? - Part 2
So I’m coming off of this pretty terrible experience, totally frustrated and angry (and, let’s be real, sad) at men being very...
Nov 25, 20179 min read
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Where Have All The Cowboys Gone? - Part 1
I am sitting in a bed at a hotel in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida where I will perform as a 12 year old/dancing-fool chicken for the next two...
Oct 24, 20179 min read
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I'm Not Racist, But...
Don’t Be Offended By My Frank Analysis Before moving to the diversity mecca of New York City, I had very little experience with people of...
Oct 2, 20178 min read
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Amazing Grace (and other Hymns)
O Be Careful, Little Eyes O be careful little eyes what you see O be careful little eyes what you see There's a Father up above And He's...
Sep 4, 20179 min read
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City Livin
Yesterday I was at a playground with a 3 year old (I literally spend so little time with adults) in Central Park. Now, City kids are...
Aug 28, 20176 min read
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Most Likely To Be Famous (by association)
Mattie Jo goes to another Broadway Opening night and gets a few steps closer to self-actualization
Aug 12, 20178 min read
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Gifted Camp: A Reflection
The other day, I was walking home and listening to a Podcast about Donald Trump ruining everything and my memory was sparked. At this...
Jul 4, 20175 min read
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Blogelism
Dark Blue Dark Blue During my freshman year of college, I ignorantly paid a fuck-ton of money to live in dorms with twin size beds and a...
Jun 16, 201714 min read
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Boy Monsters
Hey dudes! It’s 2017! PRAISE JEEBUS. We need a new year after 2016. Now if only we could keep January 20th, 2017 from actually happening…...
Jan 7, 201711 min read
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Something To Believe In
Hey there everybody. Again, so sorry for the lack of writing. Did you know working at a theme park and having a boyfriend who will soon...
Nov 9, 201612 min read
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