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Amanda ReCupido is an author, book reviewer, playwright, Moth storyteller and podcaster whose work has appeared in Forbes, McSweeney’s, Funny or Die, Chicago Parent, and various humor and literary publications. Her writing has been recognized in Coverfly’s Launch Pad Top 100 and as a two-time ScreenCraft semifinalist.
My husband and I chose to live in Downers Grove for a number of reasons: a charming downtown, Metra access, good schools, parks, and other public services - including the library. For much of my life, I've based where I live on my proximity to the local library.
I guess I could tell you her name, but her name doesn't matter. She is her mother, her grandmother, her great-grandmother. Her sister, her aunts. She will one day become part of her daughter, her niece, her granddaughter - if there are any to be had.
Recipe for an Eating Disorder Fill her with ideals. Show her the many ways she will never meet these ideals. Have her witness her friends exercise their calves on the elementary school blacktop. Implant doubts. Have the boys in her class, also young, begin to reinforce these ideals and doubts.
Content/trigger warning: sexual assault] I thought I knew when my assault happened to me. It was nearly textbook-someone handed me pills, and I blacked out. But see, they handed them to me, and I took them, and I was already drunk, but I had asked for food and they promised they would get me some, but handed me pills instead.
My husband and I like to joke that we almost had a threesome on a trip to Dublin. It's a fun dinner party anecdote to playfully shock our friends, all open-minded people, but most in heterosexual monogamous relationships. "No!" they exclaim, and we beam with delight.
Listen to this episode from I Swear This Really Happened on Spotify. Amanda ReCupido is a writer, humorist, and storyteller - and she's shared a story from her life with us, in her very own voice. Posted here on Patreon first.Twitter @amandarecupidoMedium @amandarecupido.___________Instagram: @sydneydavisjrjr / @i_swear_podcastTwitter: @SydneyDavisJrJr / @I_Swear_PodcastWebsite: sydneydavisjrjr.comPatreon: Sydney Davis Jr.
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Anthony Rizzo has made at least thing clear about his connection to his Sicilian ancestry: He loves Italian food (usually pasta and sauce). Other than that - and playing for Team Italy in the 2013 World Baseball Classic - he hasn't said a lot publicly about his culture.