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Patsy Fergusson
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The Story of My Abortion

Or how I came to fall in love with my husband and start our family on solid ground — I had hoped, when I married Larry 20 years ago, that one of our children would inherit his magnificent hair, so voluptuous and appealing that just putting your fingers in it communicated a sense of abundance, of largesse. But none did. Rose has medium-thick hair to which she periodically applies…

Abortion

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The Story of My Abortion
The Story of My Abortion
Abortion

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·Mar 15

Women Don’t Have to Play Nice Anymore

Stories of failure that advance women’s rights — When I first saw this headline in the New York Times, I thought the story would have something to do with misogyny: people dislike women so they want to see them lose. But what I read was far more sophisticated than that. Opinion | Why We Love Lazy, Drunk, Broke Women on TV (Published 2022) Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share…www.nytimes.com

Television

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Women Don’t Have to Play Nice Anymore
Women Don’t Have to Play Nice Anymore
Television

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·Feb 21

The Weight and Worthlessness of Women’s Words

Has society been “negging” women all this time? — I’d never heard of French writer Annie Ernaux until I read about her winning the Nobel Prize for literature in 2022. Several details struck me when reading this story about her in the New York Times. …

Nobel Prize

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The Weight and Worthlessness of Women’s Words
The Weight and Worthlessness of Women’s Words
Nobel Prize

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·Feb 5

U.S. Schools Become Nazi Training Camps

Making every group “other” is pure Nazi creed — Reading James Finn’s story about Pennsylvania schools banning rainbow symbols of LGBTQ support immediately after reading about the College Board removing big chunks of Black history from AP testing has got me wondering: When did our schools became Nazi training camps? That’s a Nazi agenda, right? Moving big groups of…

Equality

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U.S. Schools Become Nazi Training Camps
U.S. Schools Become Nazi Training Camps
Equality

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·Jan 19

Can Sleep Be a Cure for Trauma?

My son is sleeping all day after nine months in jail — My son has a major mental illness. I’ve been trying to come up with a better way to say that for 17 years but haven’t thought of one. Sometimes I go with “my son is disabled,” but that creates the wrong picture. Lately, I’ve been grooving on a newish term…

Mental Health

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Can Sleep Be a Cure for Trauma?
Can Sleep Be a Cure for Trauma?
Mental Health

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Published in Fourth Wave

·Jan 18

My Vision for Fourth Wave in 2023

What can you expect to find on this site? — Fourth Wave contributor L. A. Jackson asked me recently what my vision was for Fourth Wave for 2023. I told her I don’t have a particular vision for this publication; I’m not trying to take FW in one direction or another. …

Writing

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My Vision for Fourth Wave in 2023
My Vision for Fourth Wave in 2023
Writing

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Published in Fourth Wave

·Jan 13

Propitious Dreams for 2023

We are destined to have a magically good year — I don’t often remember my dreams, but just before the year changed to 2023, I had two glorious dreams which I’m hoping foretold a fantastic and magical year to come for us all. Thinking Outside the Box and Writing Your Own Script In the first, which I had late in December, I am a teacher. And in fact, I…

2023

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Propitious Dreams for 2023
Propitious Dreams for 2023
2023

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·Jan 11

Book Review | Bad Muslim Discount

Get a glimpse of Muslim life in Pakistan, Iraq and San Francisco — At its heart, Bad Muslim Discount is a boy meets girl story, and those aren’t usually my favorite plots. But there’s so much more than romance of interest in this novel that I tore through it in just a few days and happily recommend it here. First, there’s the story…

Women

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Book Review | Bad Muslim Discount
Book Review | Bad Muslim Discount
Women

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·Jan 3

Listen to Her Words, Not Her Vulva

What female lubrication really means, and what it doesn’t — Here’s a funny story. When women in a Canadian lab got wet watching Bonobos having sex, scientists determined that women find monkeys sexy. And when those same women reported that watching Bonobo sex wasn’t really turning them on? Scientists decided they were lying. Or possibly in denial. …

Sex

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Listen to Her Words, Not Her Vulva
Listen to Her Words, Not Her Vulva
Sex

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·Dec 17, 2022

What Happened in “Holy Spider?”

Award-winning film inspired by femicidal maniac in Iran — Holy Spider tells the story of a serial killer targeting sex workers in Iran and the female journalist trying to stop him. …

Movies

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What Happened in “Holy Spider?”
What Happened in “Holy Spider?”
Movies

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Patsy Fergusson

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Tree hugger. Tour guide. Top Writer. Feminist. Newly-baptized Bay swimmer. Editor of Fourth Wave. https://medium.com/fourth-wave

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