The Christmas Playbook Was Written by Men, and I’m Over It
Deep Brew | From lip gloss advent calendars to the erasure of Mary’s voice, the holidays are due for a rewrite.
It was Christmas Eve, and I was wandering through World Market, surrounded by holiday chaos disguised as cheer. On one shelf, a four-foot tube of gumballs. On another, a lip gloss advent calendar—24 tiny tubes of shimmer and shine.
I stopped. Lip gloss. In every shade and for every day of December.
Is this what we’ve reduced…
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