List: Favorite Essays | Curated by MaryClare StFrancis | Medium

MaryClare StFrancis

Dec 30, 2024

10 stories

Favorite Essays

These are the best of the best, in my opinion anyway.

Mary Carter

The Mother Sold, The Father Raped

Nine Rapes a Day Inside Their Home

Dec 21, 2024

The Mother Sold, The Father Raped

Dec 21, 2024

Andrew Springer

4 Daily Practices To Survive The Next Four Years

Four things you can do everyday to survive the 2nd Trump presidency

Nov 10, 2024

4 Daily Practices To Survive The Next Four Years

Nov 10, 2024

In

Backyard Church

by

Dan Foster

Your Pastor Probably Watches Porn — Here’s Why That Matters

The Unspoken Struggle in the Pews and What the Church Can Do About It

Nov 16, 2024

Your Pastor Probably Watches Porn — Here’s Why That Matters

Nov 16, 2024

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Mind Cafe

by

🌍 S M Mamunur Rahman

Why Nearly 100,000 People Evaporate Themselves Every Year in Japan

Starting a new life or escaping the shame?

Aug 16, 2023

Why Nearly 100,000 People Evaporate Themselves Every Year in Japan

Aug 16, 2023

In

Globetrotters

by

Susie Kearley 🐹 Guinea pig slave

Are You Brave Enough to Enter the Hell Fire Caves?

Step inside this haunted underground labyrinth…

Oct 26, 2023

Are You Brave Enough to Enter the Hell Fire Caves?

Oct 26, 2023

Sally Prag

This War Is Not and Never Was About Freeing the Palestinian People

To all those who think that supporting one side over another is about human rights — you’re wrong

Oct 13, 2023

This War Is Not and Never Was About Freeing the Palestinian People

Oct 13, 2023

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Curated Newsletters

by

Rev. Sheri Heller, LCSW, RSW

The Agony of Disbelief

When truth-tellers are silenced and discredited

Sep 25, 2023

The Agony of Disbelief

Sep 25, 2023

In

Age of Empathy

by

Becca CO 🌵

What Are We Doing to Our Youth?

When kids turn to violence to survive, you know society is sick

Sep 24, 2023

What Are We Doing to Our Youth?

Sep 24, 2023

In

The Narrative Arc

by

Linda Caroll

The Harsh Truth No One Tells You About Living on This Bitter Earth

I used to wonder what the point of life was. Older, I can finally answer that.

Sep 1, 2023

Young woman stars out at sea, holding cupped hands. Seagulls fly about.

Sep 1, 2023

MaryClare StFrancis

MaryClare StFrancis

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I write memoir, nonfiction essays, and poetry

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