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Karen Kay

Embracing Empowerment: Beyond The Barbie Movie’s Feminist Controversy

The release of the Barbie movie has sparked much debate and over-analysis, with some individuals expressing hesitancy to watch it due to…

4 min readJul 29, 2023

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Embracing Empowerment: Beyond The Barbie Movie’s Feminist Controversy

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Karen Kay

On This Day: You Were Dead

“I called your brother; I wanted to know if you were dying,” Andrea told me on the phone during…

4 min readAug 7, 2021

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Karen Kay

The ‘Pile of Hope’ – a Simple Story of Resilience

At 3:45 pm EDT on a Saturday, I get a panicked call from my daughter. Awakening from a rare afternoon nap, my eyes tried to register what…

4 min readNov 13, 2020

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The ‘Pile of Hope’ – a Simple Story of Resilience

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Karen Kay

The Fiasco of the Online Dating Profile and Why You Must Stop

Guys, guys, guys. Please stop doing the following things on your profile…

7 min readNov 6, 2020

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Karen Kay

Self esteem – It looks like seagull poop

It’s been years since I’ve managed to spend real quality time with my kids. Mainly because there are two of them, and being a single mom…

5 min readOct 25, 2020

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Self esteem – It looks like seagull poop

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Karen Kay
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The Startup

Before you subscribe you have to confirm humanity

The call to action is NOT to copy all the other white folks I was guilty of doing myself. It is to start asking yourself some fundamental…

5 min readJun 27, 2020

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Before you subscribe you have to confirm humanity

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Karen Kay

Will I ever be someone’s “Sassenach,” and other Sunday musings.

It’s as good a day as any to ask the universe questions. Perhaps it will answer me one day. In the meantime — you should stay home!

4 min readMar 16, 2020

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Will I ever be someone’s “Sassenach,” and other Sunday musings.

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Karen Kay
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The Startup

Discover the three words that will answer two different life questions

When we find ourselves in the middle of a crossroads, it’s often hard to choose which way to go. Sometimes it may even seem impossible…

5 min readFeb 15, 2020

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Discover the three words that will answer two different life questions

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Karen Kay

Are you a coward? Birth a child and watch that change you forever

When I was a young girl, I passed up on a lot of opportunities to defend myself. I would shrug silently when the kids in my class would…

5 min readNov 20, 2019

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Are you a coward? Birth a child and watch that change you forever

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Karen Kay
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The Startup

Invisibility is only good for ghosts: take off the cloak and live your best life

The five things that aren’t helping you show up for yourself

5 min readNov 13, 2019

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Invisibility is only good for ghosts: take off the cloak and live your best life

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Karen Kay

Karen Kay

I write to explore fear, courage and growth. I help others bibbidi bobbidi boo words so they don’t have to, even past midnight. www.hellokarenkay.com

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