The Edition: No. 315

Mar 15, 2022

I feel that the dormant goodwill in people needs to be stirred. People need to hear that it makes sense to behave decently or to help others, to place common interests above their own, to respect the elementary rules of human coexistence. // Vaclav Havel

+ What the Equal Pay Day data isn’t telling you in 2022.

+ The perfect spring slingbacks are back in stock for your return to the office.

+ Things I lost, and found, when I froze my eggs.

+ Nordstrom Rack is stocked with dresses. I snagged this <$50 floral number.

+ ‘I Gained 70lbs during COVID; Then, I Went Back to the Office.’

+ Mango Must-Haves: This bodysuit, this dramatic dress, this floral dress  (sz 20).

+ What it’s like to work as a celebrity ghost-writer.

+ These Motherhood Maternity pants for work; these leggings for weekend.

+ When your career is your life, and you lose your job.

+ K18 Leave-In Treatment will revive dry, winter hair.

+ What is Agua Fresca, and how to make it.

+ My favorite jersey shift dress (recently purchased in larger sizes).

+ How having self-confidence became a cult.

+ London Fog’s trench coat (in British tan, or black) is the standard for affordable spring coats (also in plus).

Long Read. My Miscarriage in Photos. (This sh*t is too real. Do not click if you are even a little concerned it might trigger you.)

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  1. Emmy says:

    So much truth and shared experience in that Long Read about miscarriage. Thank you for posting. It is awful but true. And we who have experienced it shouldn’t be alone.

  2. Emily says:

    That floral dress from Nordstrom Rack is PERFECT for Easter! Thank you!

  3. kate says:

    The last word, Wow!

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