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Cultured

Mamala; or, How I Talked to My Daughters

I have two daughters. The oldest one is fifteen, queer, leftist, artistic, and just everything that makes a mommy proud in 2020. The…

5 min readJan 7, 2021

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Mamala; or, How I Talked to My Daughters

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Kirsten Porter
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A Bit of Madness

The Shadchan

The first time Rebekah saw Eliza was like poetry. Like the Emily Dickinson description of poetry, feeling like the top of your head has…

6 min readDec 19, 2020

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The Shadchan

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Kirsten Porter
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Dabbler

The Perfect Everyday Bread

And I do mean “everyday,” at least in this house. You’re not going to be able to keep your hands (or teeth) off this exceptionally good…

1 min readDec 18, 2020

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The Perfect Everyday Bread

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Kirsten Porter
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Dabbler

The Perfect Sausage & Apple Dish

When I think of sausage and apple, I think of a perfect blend of sweet and savory, scratching my dinner and dessert itches at the same…

2 min readDec 16, 2020

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The Perfect Sausage & Apple Dish

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Dabbler

The Perfect Soufganiyot

Don’t worry. I know you don’t want to know anything about me except how I make soufganiyot, those incredible donuts we eat every year at…

3 min readDec 15, 2020

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The Perfect Soufganiyot

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Kirsten Porter
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Cultured

The Ugly Truth about “Made in America”

I consider myself a leftist, but there are a few values I can’t seem to shake when it comes to my conservative upbringing — a deep well of…

6 min readDec 8, 2020

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Kirsten Porter
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Entheogen

Experiments in Autohypnosis

A glimpse into self-hypnosis

3 min readDec 7, 2020

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Experiments in Autohypnosis

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Kirsten Porter

Meditating on Pain

Distraction is the enemy of meditation. The opposite of it, really. If your mind is wandering, you are not meditating. This is a fact…

4 min readDec 3, 2020

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Meditating on Pain

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Kirsten Porter
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A Bit of Madness

The Service of God

Several tables had been set up in the middle of the village, and four women were covering the tables with long, broad strips of white…

23 min readNov 24, 2020

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The Service of God

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Kirsten Porter
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Entheogen

Meditation While Traumatized

Three ideas to help the anxious mind meditate

5 min readNov 18, 2020

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Meditation While Traumatized

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Kirsten Porter

Kirsten Porter

Kirsten writes the publication MFA DIY, which chronicles her attempt to get a grad school-quality education without having to talk to anybody.

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