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Robin Marie Younkin

Robin Marie Younkin

This Town Doesn’t Want Me

The wolves had come. I’m not sure that I blame them.

6 min readFeb 17, 2022

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This Town Doesn’t Want Me

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Robin Marie Younkin

My Childhood Home is Haunted

I don’t know if it came before or after us. I used to see things.

4 min readJan 14, 2021

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Doorway with old, peeling paint and haunting presence.

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Robin Marie Younkin

The Slow Divorce From My Body

It wasn’t always a war.

5 min readDec 22, 2020

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Turquoise and coral paperclip chain broken in the center.

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Robin Marie Younkin

The Bees

There were wasps on the playground, a nest in the chain-link fence that separated the overgrown yard from our elementary school campus.

3 min readSep 1, 2020

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Late afternoon sun shines on honeysuckle wrapped around a chain link fence.

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Robin Marie Younkin

Being A Good Mom Means Pretending I Don’t Hate My Body

Maybe I was never beautiful but when I was thin and felt my bones press against the bathtub there was a sense of accomplishment…

7 min readAug 20, 2020

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Orange balloon flying free in a grey sky.

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Robin Marie Younkin

Apricot Pineapple Jam

It was a sunny day in our little valley and my Grandma was gloriously manic. Together we packed off-brand Ziploc bags with soft sandwiches…

3 min readJul 29, 2020

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A metal slide on a sunny day, surrounded by trees.

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Robin Marie Younkin

The First Bite

You never met the real me, and you never will.

6 min readJul 22, 2020

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Attractive man in dense forest.

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Robin Marie Younkin

Buy This And Feel Better — The Lie of Consumerism

Money may not buy happiness, but it does buy security, and without that it’s nearly impossible to be at peace.

5 min readJul 14, 2020

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Buy This And Feel Better — The Lie of Consumerism

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Robin Marie Younkin

I’m Not Crazy: An Open Letter to My InstaCart Shopper

As we navigate the global pandemic of COVID-19, a natural state of shock and panic is starting to set in. I started early.

5 min readMar 13, 2020

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I’m Not Crazy: An Open Letter to My InstaCart Shopper

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Robin Marie Younkin

The Plant-Based Way Out

I was 16 years old the first time. How many decades will it take to undo the damage of diet culture?

5 min readOct 25, 2019

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Dew-kissed green leaf on a bed of autumn colors.

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Robin Marie Younkin

Robin Marie Younkin

Self-acceptance work-in-progress. Lover of chai and perfume that smells like soil. I write about my life in all of its seasons.

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