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The Love of Your Life
I am a Midwestern, steeped-in-traditional-gender-roles woman. Bring on the adversity, Universe! I will overcome for a husband!"and more...
Sep 26, 20187 min read
Asexual Autonomy
Taking a break from all men....gave me the chance to actually get in touch with what I found to be attractive about me.
Aug 23, 20187 min read
Mattie Jo Meets a Mormon
Nothing says deep soul connection like discussing your religious beliefs/hangups on a first date/airport dinner with yours truly.
Jul 11, 20186 min read
Show Up, Go Dancing
Because my life in New York is literally never the same, I often arrive to therapy in a tizzy...
Jun 19, 20186 min read
I'm First
I want to take it back to a little time in my life called “Mattie Jo goes to sex therapy.” Okay. It wasn’t exactly sex therapy. It was...
May 29, 20186 min read
Life After Cowboys Part 3: That Abortion Place
The first time I went to Planned Parenthood, I was 23 years old in New York City and knew absolutely nothing about being sexually active
May 4, 20186 min read
Life After Cowboys Part 2 : Blessed are The Meek
Hmmm...what’s the recap here? Oh yeah, I was like super excited to start dating in New York City with my new found self-respect and...
Apr 11, 20188 min read
Life After Cowboys
Recap: Thanks to a Tinder date gone horribly wrong, I was awakened to my doing obligatory sex things for far too long, and I was done...
Mar 12, 20189 min read
Where Have All The Cowboys Gone? - Pt. 3
Okay. Sorry to have skipped around a bit for the sake of discussing my lust-inducing butt photo on Instagram. But I’m back to discussing...
Feb 14, 20188 min read
Modest is Hottest
As inspired by Neghar Fonooni, one of my all time favorites on social media and all around badass lady, I want to start a conversation...
Jan 26, 20186 min read
Where Have All The Cowboys Gone? - Part 2
So I’m coming off of this pretty terrible experience, totally frustrated and angry (and, let’s be real, sad) at men being very...
Nov 25, 20179 min read
Where Have All The Cowboys Gone? - Part 1
I am sitting in a bed at a hotel in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida where I will perform as a 12 year old/dancing-fool chicken for the next two...
Oct 23, 20179 min read
I'm Not Racist, But...
Don’t Be Offended By My Frank Analysis Before moving to the diversity mecca of New York City, I had very little experience with people of...
Oct 2, 20178 min read
Amazing Grace (and other Hymns)
O Be Careful, Little Eyes O be careful little eyes what you see O be careful little eyes what you see There's a Father up above And He's...
Sep 4, 20179 min read
City Livin
Yesterday I was at a playground with a 3 year old (I literally spend so little time with adults) in Central Park. Now, City kids are...
Aug 27, 20176 min read
Most Likely To Be Famous (by association)
Mattie Jo goes to another Broadway Opening night and gets a few steps closer to self-actualization
Aug 12, 20178 min read
Gifted Camp: A Reflection
The other day, I was walking home and listening to a Podcast about Donald Trump ruining everything and my memory was sparked. At this...
Jul 3, 20175 min read
Blogelism
Dark Blue Dark Blue During my freshman year of college, I ignorantly paid a fuck-ton of money to live in dorms with twin size beds and a...
Jun 15, 201714 min read
Boy Monsters
Hey dudes! It’s 2017! PRAISE JEEBUS. We need a new year after 2016. Now if only we could keep January 20th, 2017 from actually happening…...
Jan 7, 201711 min read
Something To Believe In
Hey there everybody. Again, so sorry for the lack of writing. Did you know working at a theme park and having a boyfriend who will soon...
Nov 9, 201612 min read
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