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Ask Baba Yaga: How Can I Help My Summertime Depression?

Dear Baba Yaga, My depression seems to act up in the summertime. I hate feeling sad and isolated when it is so lovely and warm out. I’m on medication and take care of myself; does it really have to be...

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Ask Baba Yaga: Am I Insatiable?

Dear Baba Yaga, I’ve been in pursuit of a career, a boyfriend, a steady bank account, and a nice apartment in the city for years and years. Now that I’m within reach of those things, I worry that I...

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Dear Wendy: Should I Get An American Or A Canadian MFA?

Previously: How Do You Introduce Your Non-Artist Lover To Your Art Friends? Walter Scott is a Toronto/Montréal based artist working in writing, illustration and sculpture. His ongoing comic book...

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Ask Baba Yaga: Will I Ever Fall In Love Again?

Dear Baba Yaga, For years I fell in love so easily and was so eager to please my partners. I have now been single for two years, and when I date new people I find myself less interested, more...

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Healing, “Couple-Dating,” And Tips For A Baby Queer

I really recently broke up with my partner of two+ years. I’m in college now and we’d been dating since senior year of high school, back when I thought I was a cishet girl. He’s an agender trans guy...

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Ask Baba Yaga: How Do I Break Out Of My Hermit Shell?

Dear Baba Yaga, A year ago I moved to a new town and had to work 24/7 with no time to socialize. Now I’ve gotten past the hump in my career, but I seem to have forgotten how to have friends. I’m...

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Ask Baba Yaga: Which Direction Should I Go In?

Dear Baba Yaga, I am blessed with many interests, talents, and desires. They pull me in different directions, thereby assuring that movement is forever lateral and never forward. How do I determine...

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Ask Baba Yaga: How Can I Forgive My Narcissistic Mother?

Dear Baba Yaga, How can I forgive my narcissistic mother? BABA YAGA: Yr mother wore ; a sickly hat full of black ink in its cloth. All her life the hat’s ink leaked down into her skin & brain. ;...

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Ask Baba Yaga: How Can I Turn Platonic Love Into Romantic Love?

Dear Baba Yaga, I’ve always been able to make friends and have people love me platonically, but I’ve never had anyone really fall in love with me romantically. I’m easily thought of as cool and a great...

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Dear Wendy: How Can I Make Art When There’s So Much Suffering In The World?

Previously: Should I Get An American Or A Canadian MFA? Walter Scott is a Toronto/Montréal based artist working in writing, illustration and sculpture. His ongoing comic book series, Wendy, follows...

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Ask Baba Yaga: How Do I Overcome My Guilt?

Dear Baba Yaga, I am oppressed by guilt. I often feel guilty that I have more than other people, and when I cannot help out or always be grateful for everything I have. This emotion is so strong that...

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Rejection Is Rejection, Infatuation Is Infatuation, And Sex Is Sex

I recently (6 months ago) became aware that I am attracted to girls. I don’t know if I’m strictly gay or bisexual. I’m 24 and come from a slightly conservative family from Mexico City. As I came to...

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Ask Baba Yaga: How Can I Stop Craving Male Attention?

Dear Baba Yaga, I think I must crave male attention too much. I fear that, without it, I would feel invisible. BABA YAGA: When you seek others this way, you are invisible nonetheless. Yr shawl is...

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Ask Baba Yaga: Is It Possible To Be Kind Without Expecting Reciprocation?

Dear Baba Yaga, People use me for my kindness and then toss me in the wastebasket. It happens often: I open myself up to people, but I always end up feeling hurt. Is it possible to be kind without...

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Dear Wendy: Which Gallery Should I Choose?

Previously: How Can I Make Art When There’s So Much Suffering In The World? Walter Scott is a Toronto/Montréal based artist working in writing, illustration and sculpture. His ongoing comic book...

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Ask Baba Yaga: How Can I Live Through These Waves Of Grief?

Dear Baba Yaga, Several months ago, I gave birth to a child who didn’t live for very long. My partner and I have been supporting each other through the waves of grief, but there is a large part of me...

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Ask Baba Yaga: How Do I Stop Hating Everyone?

Dear Baba Yaga, I’ve had a rough year—I lost a parent, had one spectacularly bad break up, and experienced the explosion of an old friendship. I still have a good life and good friends, but now I hate...

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Ask Baba Yaga: How Can I Trust My Body Again?

Dear Baba Yaga, About a year and a half ago, I started having some odd health problems that no one was able to explain. I kept going to doctors who kept saying I was fine, even though I knew I wasn’t....

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Ask Baba Yaga: Is It Possible To Truly Love My Partner If I Know I Could Do...

Dear Baba Yaga, FROM OUR PARTNERS Is it possible to truly love my partner if I know I could do better? Is it wrong to be with someone you think is wonderful if you believe you could be with someone...

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Ask Baba Yaga: How Do I Know When To Let My Heart Guide Me?

Dear Baba Yaga, How do I know when to focus, and when to let my heart guide me? It can sometimes get lost. BABA YAGA: Yr heart is a bloody organ without eyes, limbs, or smell. All it knows is...

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