Try the HandleFree essay
Maybe the Door Isn’t Locked. Maybe You’ve Just Never Tried the Handle.
A short skirt, some outdated information, and a surprising number of expired rules.
October 5, 2026 • Free
I recently discovered that I look good in short skirts.
This was irritating.
Not because I don’t like short skirts. I do. The problem is that I’d apparently spent years not wearing them based on information nobody had bothered to verify.
The person responsible for verifying this information was, unfortunately, me.
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