Kelly Salasin

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  • Housewife

    “I sound like a housewife.  I think I’m a housewife.” Michelle Shocked, Anchorage by Kelly Salasin This is the moment that I’m coming out of the closet and admitting that: I, Kelly Salasin, once a wild thing, a world traveler, a self-proclaimed feminist at 12, a careerist even younger  and a lifelong liberalist, admit that…

  • The Motherhood Lobotomy

    by Kelly Salasin Circling the grocery store parking lot for the third time, I see a bumper sticker that sums it all up: “Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again? “ Though my husband threatened lobotomy for years, it wasn’t until the birth of our first child that I knew what…