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Rebecca Woolf, Richard Rushfield, Chelsea Gilmore
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a newsletter that explores the braided experience of mother, lover and self. personal essays & conversations on sex, death, love, loss, parenthood, paradigms, identity, culture and coming of age. written by rebecca woolf with special guests.

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  • Rebecca Woolf

    mother of four, author of books, (inc ALL OF THIS: a memoir of death and desire) and sex & the single mom. formerly girl’s gone child. currently in my car driving someone somewhere prob.

  • Richard Rushfield

    Columnist, The Ankler

  • Chelsea Gilmore

    Chelsea Gilmore is a screenwriter+CD+CMO multi-hyphenate. She moved 20 times before 20, which means she gets along with everyone except assholes. She once lost her car in a Disney parking lot for 7 hours. She considers LA the greatest city on earth.

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