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Gina Sangster

Losing My Religion

In 2022 my friend Joyce and I decided to create our own Passover Seder. Neither one of us had been invited anywhere; she had copies of the…

3 min readSep 16, 2023

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Gina Sangster

Why I Haven’t Read White Fragility

The last time I felt “fragile” about being White I was 7 years old. That’s when my critical race education began, on Fifth Street…

4 min readAug 26, 2023

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Gina Sangster

ISO Senior Male, Black or Mixed

Preferably a homebody, though a roaming past is appealing and makes for good stories to swap. Must enjoy both affection and autonomy; can…

3 min readAug 25, 2023

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Gina Sangster

Summer Vacation-less Blues

I didn’t grow up in a vacationing family. My parents were working, trying to build a business, renovate a house that had been slated for…

3 min readAug 22, 2023

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Gina Sangster

Summertime

My daughter Sally and I were two of the few people at the pool party wearing body-revealing bathing suits, plus my granddaughter who’s…

3 min readAug 12, 2023

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Gina Sangster

After Watching “After Louie”

My mother was what could be called “a fag hag” in impolite company, the kind of company she kept through much of my life until she died…

5 min readMay 23, 2021

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Gina Sangster

No Guts, No Glory

After 20 years of mostly trying to ignore the reality that I have a chronic gut condition, I finally decided to be more proactive in…

3 min readApr 24, 2021

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Gina Sangster

Simple Obsessions

My daughters like to tease me about my addiction to buying new towels, something I can’t do the way I used to these days, rummaging the…

3 min readOct 19, 2020

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Gina Sangster

Cruising By

Getting hit on for the first time in a long, long time when you’re a woman nearing 70 is a unique experience. Though I consider myself a…

3 min readJul 3, 2020

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Gina Sangster

My Helicopter Kids

Two out of three of my adult children classify as “helicopter kids.” Granted, I only thought of this label once we were all on lock-down…

3 min readMay 22, 2020

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Gina Sangster

Gina Sangster

I’m a DC native, clinical social worker and writer who infrequently publishes which is a big motivator for being here on Medium.

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