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The Balkan Woman’s Guide to Staying Positive in a Ridiculous World
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by Erika Matic, currently accepting nominations for “Most Unlikely Optimist of 2025” There comes a moment in every woman’s life when she stops, blinks twice, looks back at the smoking…
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If Corruption Had a Baby With Inflation, It Would Be Croatia 2025
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by Erika Matic, currently googling “can you take out a loan for cheese?” There’s a moment every Croatian adult experiences sometime in their late twenties or early thirties. It’s not…
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Why I Stopped Drinking, Started Lifting, and Accidentally Got My Shit Together
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by Erika Matic, currently flexing her biceps in the bathroom mirror There are certain types of people I’ve always silently resented. You know the ones. The “I woke up one…
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A Mother’s Guide to Holiday Panic and Remembering What Matters Anyway
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by Erika Matic, probably hiding in her room pretending to “check something” There’s a very particular kind of panic that hits a woman during the holiday season. It’s not the…
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Why My Husband Doesn’t Trust My Instagram Desserts (And Why I Don’t Care)
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by Erika Matic, probably chewing on a protein brownie while writing this There is a particular look my husband gives me when he sees me watching an Instagram reel of…
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People Want My Cats to “Go Outside.” I Prefer They Stay Alive.
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There’s a special kind of judgment reserved for people who keep their cats indoors. It’s not like the classic parent-judging, or the subtle “oh, you let your toddler eat that?”…
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Is My Daughter Spoiled?
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Everyone has an opinion about only children. Grandparents, neighbours, strangers in checkout lines, that one friend who read half an article on child psychology in 2014 and never recovered. Apparently,…
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Bosch Says We Wash Too Much. We Disagree.
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Some families pass down heirlooms. We, apparently, pass down trauma – specifically appliance-related trauma – with the consistency of a Swiss train schedule. It all began in 2021, during the…
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Until the Last Beat Drops
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For the man who was supposed to set me up with someone else – but ended up being my forever instead. They say every great love story begins with eye…
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What Happens When You Stop Pleasing Everyone for the Holidays
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Spoiler: The world didn’t end. Apparently, adulthood means never being fully free – just switching from your parents’ expectations to your own guilt about disappointing them. Because even at thirty-two,…