Wendy Parker is Eternally Irritated.

Wendy Parker is Eternally Irritated.

Notes on Keeping Your Mimsy Clean (and other myths about womanly things)

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Wendy Parker
Sep 07, 2025
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“It has flaps, you know.”

Six-year-old me immediately thinks I have some sort of weird purse between my legs. This is my big-girl talk about how to wash my Mimsy-purse properly. Momma knows all about it. She’s had one for a long time and babies come out of it.

I still can’t imagine coming out of a Mimsy-purse, but I’m not a baby and I’m supposed to be pay…

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