Trout Pouts and Mean Girls: How Cosmetic Culture and School Culture Feed Each Other
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White women in schools quote Audre Lorde, sip wine, and center “equity”—until harm shows up. Then you’re the problem.

New essay: The House, the Shoutouts, and the Wine
Let them keep their comfort. I’ll keep my voice. open.substack.com/pub/danapalu...

A fifth grader got a full-time sub to “monitor” her. They called it support. It was surveillance. Brentwood calls this The Brentwood Way. I call it what it is.

Read Mayberry Part 2: The Surveillance Didn’t Stop open.substack.com/pub/danapalu...

open.substack.com/pub/danapalu... A personal reflection on parenting, pain, and the love we pass down. This one’s for anyone who’s ever wondered if love is enough to break the cycle. New essay up now

Somewhere, Lauren Sanchez is drifting off the coast of Capri, lips inflated like a flotation device.

This one’s about faces, homes, and everything we’re taught to toss.

Landfill Filler-now up. Link in bio. open.substack.com/pub/danapalu...