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The Mrs. Club
Finding Love, Creating Change and the Birth of Marriage Equality
A young queer woman lands in 1980s Los Angeles chasing a new life, only to find herself pulled into love, loss, and a movement bigger than she imagined. Set during the AIDS crisis and the rise of West Hollywood activism, this memoir shows how chosen family, messy courage, and everyday acts of love changed history giving us marriage equality.
And after years of believing lasting partnership might have passed her by, author Ariel Penn finds love after fifty — a late-in-life romance that feels both deeply personal and quietly historic. Her marriage becomes more than a happy ending; it is the intimate fulfillment of a movement she once helped push into being.
ABOUT ME
Love bravely. Build community. And tell the truth.
Ariel Penn is a writer, producer, and content creator who loves stories about regular people finding the courage to do something that matters. She served as an assistant to the West Hollywood City Council and was Filming Manager for the City of Pasadena.
Ariel received a Los Angeles Area Emmy Award and two additional nominations. She is the editor of an online magazine robotopia.life and has over 42,000 instagram followers @robotopia.life. She also completed UCLA’s Nonfiction Writing Program with Distinction, and founded Stonewall Writers, a Facebook community that spotlights LGBTQ+ writers. Her political writing has been featured by the editors at Medium.com, and her work was included in The Best Advice in Six Words.
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The Best Advice in Six Words
A poignant collection of universal wisdom, life lessons, and caution thrown to the wind. Ariel’s wisdom is included in here along with Julianne Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, and Shonda Rhimes. In addition to celebrities, it features everyday people who’ve learned a thing or two about a thing or two during their time on the planet.
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