The Guardian Australia
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·2 hours ago
Writer discovers mother's trauma shaped anxiety about her casual sex advocacy career
A writer reflects on her career defending casual sex after publishing a viral essay in 2008 at Salon magazine, only to realize her mother's anxiety about the work stemmed from her own traumatic past. Her mother became pregnant at 18 in 1960s midwest, was sent to a home for unwed mothers, and later institutionalized after placing her baby for adoption.
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