Chicken Fried Mascara

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Chicken Fried Mascara is a community for those navigating the messy midlife mayhem. No topic is off-limits as we dive headfirst into the complexities of this transformative stage of life.

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About Lisa Frame

Writer. Reader. Coffee drinker. Appalachian born and bred. Navigating the messy midlife one hot flash at a time.

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