Hysteria is Historical

That Poor Girl, Hysteria, is Blamed for so Much

Jan 1 • Susan Kacvinsky

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December 2025

5 Reasons to Stay When the Ego Demands You Go

A Love Letter

Dec 18, 2025 • Susan Kacvinsky

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The Joy of Hanging in There

When Suffering is Held Inside Joy

Dec 4, 2025 • Susan Kacvinsky

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November 2025

The Subtle Art of Not Touching It

letting go of the dominance story

Nov 21, 2025 • Susan Kacvinsky

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Confessions of a Drug-Crazed Maenad

Opening the Doors of Perception

Nov 6, 2025 • Susan Kacvinsky

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October 2025

Your Cheating Vampire Heart

saved my life

Oct 23, 2025 • Susan Kacvinsky

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The Christianity Which Lost Had a Feminine God

Or, Why People Vote Against Their Own Interests

Oct 9, 2025 • Susan Kacvinsky

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September 2025

The Wise Crones Sing Over My Bones

Under the World Tree, my sister-crones, the narns, the weird sisters, the fates of every stripe close in, shoulder touching shoulder, circling my…

Sep 25, 2025 • Susan Kacvinsky

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Oh! It’s Heaven to Enter that Pearly Gate

Or… Is that a Pearly Sheen I Smell?

Sep 11, 2025 • Susan Kacvinsky

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August 2025

Why I Write Feminist Historical Fiction

In answer to the male default bias, though I didn’t know it was called that at the time

Aug 28, 2025 • Susan Kacvinsky

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The Stone Child: my brittle ego shatters

Last week, my cousin Katharine’s post, a handmade life, from her beautiful Substack, essays from the edge of town, had a snippet about Haskell’s Island…

Aug 14, 2025 • Susan Kacvinsky

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Dominance or Discovery?

Conversations with Death.

Aug 1, 2025 • Susan Kacvinsky

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