Trying with Emma Barnett

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Trying…to have a smear in peace

Trying…to have a smear in peace

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Emma Barnett
May 13, 2022
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Now I grant you the words “smear” and “peace” do not usually go together. But such is my life, at the moment, that taking the time to lie down in the middle of a morning and not having anything I must do - isn’t the worst thing.

I still loathe the speculum - that evil metal vaginal umbrella they open up in you to perform a …

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