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The Unexpected Delight of Getting Older

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By Mary Gaitskill
| Vogue Verified
When I was in my early 20s, I had a brief period of total confidence in my body. In my teens, I had been thin to the point of scrawny and almost completely flat-chested. I was also short (five four) and therefore painfully non-leggy; my hips were, in my opinion, too wide, as were my shoulders. Then, at age 18, a miracle of late development occurred; I grew breasts, put on weight, and, at 22, found myself sporting a bodily measurement of 35-22-35.
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"Something Familiar," by Mary Gaitskill

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By Mary Gaitskill
| The New Yorker Verified
She arrived at J.F.K. just past midnight after a four-hour flight delay. Her mind was blurry and her heart felt like a deep crater with something lurking at the bottom of it. It was her first trip to New York in more than a decade. She had come back to attend a memorial for a formerly close friend, Carley, with whom she had shared a life that was now alien to her. Though the airport was well appointed and maintained, it appeared nonetheless on the ragged edge.
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Harm’s Way, by Mary Gaitskill

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By Mary Gaitskill
| Harper's Magazine Verified
From an essay that appeared in the Summer 2025 issue of The Point. Oh, I understand how it happens. Bloodlust comes up and . . . you know . . . takes over. —My mother, on the violence of crowds Everyone knows in a basic way what violence is for. Even my mother, a housewife who grew up on a farm. Even me, a small seventy-year-old woman who makes her living with written words.
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