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What Do People Mean When They Say People Need Sex?
Sometimes people discourse about whether regular sex is necessary for a good marriage, or whether a dead bedroom is wronging your partner in some way…
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Ozy Brennan
Things You Learn Selling Sex In The Bay Area
[This is a guest blog post from a writer who wishes to remain anonymous about her experience selling sex in the Bay Area.]
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Ozy Brennan
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Gender as Performative
Sometimes, when people say "gender is a performance," they mean that gender is something you pretend to do, like an actor upon the stage.
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Ozy Brennan
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Fine, I'll Have A Take On J. K. Rowling
I. Sometimes people say you shouldn't buy Harry Potter books because J.
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Ozy Brennan
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Linkpost for September
Regular announcements: did you know you can hire me for life coaching and general consulting? You can also buy my novella Her Voice Is A Backwards…
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Ozy Brennan
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Ozy at Metagame!
I am going to be at Metagame next weekend!
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Ozy Brennan
Why Therapists Are So Reluctant To Give Diagnoses
When I was a therapy client, I found myself very frustrated by my therapists' refusal to diagnose me.
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Ozy Brennan
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Weird People of History: Maoism's Western Propagandist, Edgar Snow
Most history books I read feature, at best, one Weird Person of History: one person so charismatic, so active, so goddamn strange, that he seems almost…
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Ozy Brennan
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August 2025

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