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Mary Arda

Faux Red Mexican Dress

The red Mexican dress faux as the messages that come through, or don’t come through, on the red-cased iPhone As authentic as my ability…

2 min readJun 12, 2022

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Faux Red Mexican Dress

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My Girl

Listen to me

1 min readMay 8, 2022

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My Girl

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I’m Not From Here

No soy de aqui, ni soy de alla

1 min readApr 18, 2022

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I’m Not From Here

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My For Keeps

Pieces and Places

1 min readNov 28, 2020

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My For Keeps

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Short Skirts

How I long for the days when my thighs were tight and sexy. For many years rare was the day my gams weren’t exposed.

3 min readApr 7, 2019

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Short Skirts

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The Watch

The beginning of the end of a family unit.

3 min readApr 5, 2019

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The Watch

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West 44th Street

Tranny prostitutes and a life-changing call.

4 min readMar 16, 2019

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West 44th Street

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She

I approach the room, alone, not fully understanding what I was walking into — enshrouded by the innocence of a child. The handstitched…

1 min readMar 10, 2019

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IMMACULATE CONCEPTION AND THE IDIOT CHILD

I’m not a mother but I have birthed. I didn’t have sex to conceive my child, so in many ways, I liken myself to the Virgin Mary. We differ…

5 min readMar 3, 2019

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IMMACULATE CONCEPTION AND THE IDIOT CHILD

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Why Not?

If Margarita Carmen Cansino aka Rita Hayworth, Dolores del Rio, Maria Conchita Alonso, Rita Moreno, and Chita Rivera did it, why not…

4 min readFeb 24, 2019

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Why Not?

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Mary Arda

Mary Arda

Lover of the written word, cooking, food anthropology, music, roots, and family. Storytelling NYC-Cuban. Side gig — publicist and marketer.

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