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Big desire
On dandelion seeds, summer camp, and the middle-age return.
Jun 11
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Tracy Clark-Flory
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What if women 'getting angry on the internet' *is* hetero-optimism?
On Alex Cooper's pregnancy enraging conservatives, that New York Times 'Being Straight Is Great' essay, and why complaints can be utopian.
Jun 4
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Tracy Clark-Flory
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May 2026
The CliffsNotes version of grief
On the challenges of memoir promotion and marketing one's life—and those beautiful breakthrough moments where publishing feels less like a professional…
May 28
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Tracy Clark-Flory
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Men are humping watermelons for women's health
And raising over $250,000 for the cause. Plus: Kesha is both celibate and adventurous in her new 'Origami' music video.
May 24
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Tracy Clark-Flory
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Ick!!! But true.
An earnest and maybe even a little bit psychedelic report back from book tour.
May 19
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Tracy Clark-Flory
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A mother of a week
‘My Mother’s Daughter’ is officially launched into the world!
May 10
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Tracy Clark-Flory
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My book is here!
Along with some excerpts, essays, and interviews—and I could use your help launching it into the world.
May 5
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Tracy Clark-Flory
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April 2026
I'm on the Modern Love podcast!
Plus: I spoke with Rebecca Carroll about interracial adoption, there's an excerpt from my book in the Guardian, and it's almost pub day.
Apr 30
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Tracy Clark-Flory
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A spicy dinner with the neighbors
Plus: pleasure for dummies, writing as exposure therapy, my book launch countdown, and more.
Apr 26
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Tracy Clark-Flory
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'I feel like we would have been best friends'
Before my book comes out May 5th, a conversation with my sister Kathy—about the DNA test she almost didn't take, the emotional impacts of adoption, and…
Apr 23
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Tracy Clark-Flory
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7 books about witches, 'nymphos,' unmarried mothers, and other 'bad girls'
These books helped me place my family’s story within a broader cultural one—about sex, shame, and the control of women’s bodies.
Apr 17
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Tracy Clark-Flory
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I bring a ‘the nuclear family is a site of women’s oppression’ vibe to the function
On silly little TikToks and other experiments in publishing a feminist book in these times.
Apr 9
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Tracy Clark-Flory
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