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Elizabeth Austin @writingelizabeth.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Carolyn’s years in cancer treatment were harrowing. I am still reckoning with how we managed COVID, cancer, and being a single parent household in a country with desperately insufficient social supports. I’m grateful to Narratively for giving this a home. I believe ours is a story worth telling.

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I Was the World’s Worst Cancer Mom

The cancer ward (and my Insta feed) were filled with picture-perfect moms moving heaven and earth for their sick kids. Meanwhile, I spiraled into heavy drinking, depression and self-destruction.

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Elizabeth Austin @writingelizabeth.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

“Real freedom, for families like mine, means knowing that our healthcare choices are grounded in rigor and reason, not fear and conspiracy.” I’d give a whole lot to never have cause to write this piece, but I’m grateful to @msmagazine.com for giving it a place and amplifying this conversation.

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The Cost of Distrust: How RFK Jr.’s Leadership Threatens Families Like Mine - Ms. Magazine

The consequences of anti-vaccine rhetoric are often felt not by those trying to make a political statement, but the most vulnerable among our communities. RFK Jr.'s elevation from the fringe to the pi...

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Brevity / Dinty W. Moore @dintywmoore.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

"In the early days of my writing career, sending a draft to an editor felt like unzipping my chest and offering up my insides to someone holding a pen instead of a scalpel." ~ Elizabeth Austin brevity.wordpress.com/2024/11/18/t...

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The Gift of a Good Editor

By Elizabeth Austin In the early days of my writing career, sending a draft to an editor felt like unzipping my chest and offering up my insides to someone holding a pen instead of a scalpel. I’d h…

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