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The Sex Lives of College Girls
On ugly-crying through Off Campus, ugly-cringing through my boy-crazy college diaries, and finally allowing myself to be seen
Jun 5
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Alexa Joy Sherman Young
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May 2026
Lose Weight Now, Ask Me How
On diet culture, equating our size with self-worth, and a plea to stop the insanity
May 22
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Alexa Joy Sherman Young
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Deep Cuts
Introducing a new Q&A opportunity. Because the B-sides were always the best part...
May 19
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Alexa Joy Sherman Young
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Today Is Where Your Book Begins
On the stories I loved as a kid, and the tales yet to be told...
May 15
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Alexa Joy Sherman Young
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Am I Turning Into My Mother?
On the once-terrifying prospect of becoming our parents, and why that kinda-sorta-maybe doesn't have to be such a bad thing after all
May 9
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Alexa Joy Sherman Young
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April 2026
My First Crush
On the fairy tale of young love, and the happily-ever-after of sleeping in separate beds
Apr 29
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Alexa Joy Sherman Young
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Faking It
On the realization that even in the privacy of our own minds, performance still prevails
Apr 23
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Alexa Joy Sherman Young
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6
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Introducing Ticket Tuesday with My First Concert: Depeche Mode
On falling in love with Andy Fletcher in 1986, falling out of love with live music 40 years later, and getting the balance right
Apr 15
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Alexa Joy Sherman Young
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10
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Cougar Puberty
A not-so-silent meditation on 40 years of menstruation (and counting...)
Apr 11
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Alexa Joy Sherman Young
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Welcome to The Gen-X Journals
Grab your midlife magnifying glass and join me in the analog closet (Seven Minutes In Heaven optional) to figure out how much we've changed and where…
Apr 9
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Alexa Joy Sherman Young
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