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How Not To Raise a Teenage Brat: A Guide

Tracy OtsukaMarch 26, 2018

I was newly pregnant with a baby girl, standing at a BabyGap check out counter. The saleswoman looked up at me, her thick acrylic nails toying with the ends of her permed, bleached hair. “Oh, honey. You’ll have your hands full when she’s a teenager.” “You think?” I responded, trying to force some semblance of easy, […]

Once Upon a Time I Accidentally Lost Four Hours of My Life & it Totally Changed My Business

Tracy OtsukaOctober 23, 2017

It all started with a link on a client email, that led to a website, that led to a testimonial that led to a Facebook page, that led to a new marketing strategy, that led to a deep, resounding certainty that I had to completely change directions and run off to be a Russian ballerina […]

For My Daughter, Atea: A Proclamation On the Night Before She Moves Away to College

Tracy OtsukaMarch 12, 2017

I never really wanted kids. When other girls my age were playing house with their dollies, I’d shoved the doll my grandmother had sent me into the farthest corner of my closet. (Real talk: I couldn’t sleep unless the closet door was completely and totally shut.) I was terrified my punishment for imprisoning her was beheading by […]

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