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The Worst Thing A Woman Can Do
My dad was mowing strangers' lawns on the day that he died. He woke before sunrise - the habit of a blue collar lifetime - with his schedule for the day…
Dr Brooke Magnanti
Dec 8, 2020
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One Shot
Some of my regulars, the couple with early dementia, have a crime fiction and thriller library of frankly mind-boggling size. It’s larger than some…
Dr Brooke Magnanti
Jul 16, 2021
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Why I’m (still) here
Well, this is going to be awkward. In the last few weeks I’ve had a number of people unsubscribe from this newsletter. The ones who have left a comment…
Dr Brooke Magnanti
Apr 23, 2021
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Monster in a Box
"I just accepted that as a part of my life, accepted that forever I would always be a little in the place that I was not.." Spalding Gray
Dr Brooke Magnanti
Nov 17, 2021
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Amber Heard and the Problem of Perfect Victims
TW: domestic abuse Even if you are not regularly on social media it will have been difficult avoid hearing about the Depp/Heard defamation hearing…
Dr Brooke Magnanti
May 20
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Leisure Time
When I met them they seemed like any other couple enjoying retirement. A modest 3/2 bungalow tucked away in a sunny spot on the edge of high desert and…
Dr Brooke Magnanti
Apr 9, 2021
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The Box
So I was not entirely truthful when I said we threw out or burned everything from inside of Dad’s house, because there was one thing. It’s the box. Back…
Dr Brooke Magnanti
May 21, 2021
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Jacks in Boxes
Hardly a day goes by when the news is not up in arms over some aspect of “cancel culture”. But in my lifetime, the greatest sea change in what was and…
Dr Brooke Magnanti
Mar 12, 2021
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What It’s Like For A Girl
Standing at the door before a client answers is a feeling so much like sex work outcalls that it catches me by surprise sometimes. Knowing that you are…
Dr Brooke Magnanti
Feb 12, 2021
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Your Mother Doesn’t Work Here
Doing turnovers - the cleaning that happens in between successive guests - for an Airbnb is like app Inception. The owners wait for guests to make…
Dr Brooke Magnanti
Jan 15, 2021
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Beacon Square
Content Warning: graphic descriptions of death and decomposition It was a while before my father’s body was found. His girlfriend was out of town, his…
Dr Brooke Magnanti
Dec 11, 2020
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Tilting at Windmills
This is another part where I have to admit I’m bad at telling a chronological story. So, the first time I went to Florida after Dad died, we got a…
Dr Brooke Magnanti
Jul 2, 2021
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