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42 Sidenotes

This is 42 Sidenotes. The place for the incurably curious and endlessly fascinated. Where you’ll find multifaceted, opinionated observations, answers, and questions on life, the universe, and everything. Articles drop every other Sunday.

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Four proven reasons waking at 3:17am isn't a hazardous malfunction (and when it is)

Tired of waking at 3 in the morning? The truth about it. And what to do.

Shattering the silence

with a bit of background information and... questions for you to influence the future

Life, the universe, and... an end to patriarchy?

At the very minimum, an end to its hold on you...

Inside Deliberately Difficult & Laughing: the experience you can expect

What this publication will do to your "good girl" programming

When opinionated observations meet: I'm done being "good"

Why 42 Sidenotes needs a sibling

Why I disabled my custom domain for 42 Sidenotes

And how I kept all links to specific page alive as well - not only the "bare" domain

Increase fun: excavate past pleasures when you have extra time

But beware: your memory famously wears sizable rose-colored glasses

Coming soon: Deliberately Difficult & Laughing

A publication for (midlife) women who're done behaving socially domesticated

Why women get misread and gaslighted about their accurate perceptions

Patriarchal thinking fails all of us, but fails women a lot more than men.

Three uplifting women who bucked dismissal & delivered on their awesome ideas

Be grateful they were strong & spoke up!

When will the world get the message that it isn't safe to let men rule without women?

The daring truth about why your best ideas never enter the room

The Math Makes Sense. The Cost Doesn't.

10 women who clearly enjoyed what they were not supposed to do

And quite likely (ha!) got labeled "difficult" for it several times over

What pleasing Nina (my dog) surprisingly unlocked for me

How giving in to your dog can bring you unexpected treasure

Maintaining your boundaries: 4 surprising, fun, and remarkable tactics

Stay your fantastic self, still say no, and love it

The devious trick used to marginalize strong, independent, high-achieving women

It's still being used and, unfortunately, remains in good working order

How to finally stop agreeing to what you don’t want (and never wanted) to do

Your body knows, learn to spot the signals and how to act on them

Forget 'setting' boundaries — do this instead

3 daring (& mischievous) experiments that actually work

The wicked little secret to unlocking a self-perpetuating joy cycle

You’ve been sitting with a request for three days now.

The myth maintenance department

Why myths about women persist despite mountains of evidence to the contrary