Two Truths and a Lie

Power is the Ability to Refrain

Part III: The cost of truth, and the discipline of power

Mar 27 • Chelsea McCarthy

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When Power is Seen

Part II: Beauty, attention, and the quiet economy of being looked at

Mar 25 • Chelsea McCarthy

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What is Power?

Part I: The Forces We Call Power

Mar 23 • Chelsea McCarthy

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It's my birthday

35 thoughts on 3/5

Mar 5 • Chelsea McCarthy

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February 2026

A Girl Named King, A Boundary Crossed

On Closeness, Projection, and the Misunderstanding of Intimacy

Feb 20 • Chelsea McCarthy

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January 2026

2025: The Year I Lost Half of my Hair

Messages from the body, messages from spirit

Jan 7 • Chelsea McCarthy

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November 2025

I Don’t Want to Be a Stepparent

and yet, here I am

Nov 20, 2025 • Chelsea McCarthy

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October 2025

The Mother Myth

Silence as a tool: What I’ve Learned About Going No Contact with My Mother

Oct 2, 2025 • Chelsea McCarthy

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September 2025

Help! I am a patriarchal feminist.

On feminism, capitalism, and who gets more freedom at home.

Sep 5, 2025 • Chelsea McCarthy

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July 2025

Mythical. Matrilineal. Murder?

Michele and the sorceress stone

Jul 21, 2025 • Chelsea McCarthy

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June 2025

The Girl I Tried to Delete

On lost photos, misfired cells, and learning to stay with yourself

Jun 24, 2025 • Chelsea McCarthy

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May 2025

My Aunt Tried to Kill Me

What she destroyed and what she left behind.

May 9, 2025 • Chelsea McCarthy

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