Hi, I'm Rachel Hills.

I'm a London-based (via Sydney, Australia) writer, researcher and contributor to publications including the Sydney Morning Herald, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Marie Claire, The Atlantic, Girlfriend and more. I'm also writing a book about Gen Y, sex and identity. This is my blog.

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I took a personal essay class and the results were sort of hilarious - the essays were fine enough, the spine of them, but I managed, somehow, to write without exposing any guts, blood, or viscera to the class, in certain cases. For example: a whole essay about anxiety without delving into why I deal with anxiety, any of my issues.

Elisabeth Donnelly: Lighting Themselves On Fire For Our Enjoyment  

This is how I feel about my book some days.

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    YOU PEOPLE ARE JUST ENCOURAGING ME No, but I am really interested in this. I absolutely agree with you, badfuckingpuns,...
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  6. thirtydollarproject said: what scares me about the “confessional girls” is that they have no sense of balance. they have no idea how to draw the line between seeking attention and speaking truth. I worry (like a mom too!) that they won’t learn the difference.
  7. nosexcity said: It will be interesting to see what happens to women like Cat in 5 years time.
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    wrote this same essay once,...morning, nodding obliquely to