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Melanie Hamlett

Melanie Hamlett is a journalist, comedian and public speaker from the NYC and LA scenes. She now lives in France and does most of her work on Tiktok and YouTube. Her bylines for all publications can be found on her website.

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FIGHTING FOR YOUR ORGASM

How I Found My Inner French Femme Fatale

Melanie Hamlett tells how relocating from the U.S. to France and the sexcapades that followed helped turn her into a boss in and out of the bedroom.

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SEXCAPADE

Why Saint Tropez Is the Horniest Travel Destination

Melanie Hamlett tells how her holiday on the French Riviera ended up filled with a long list of men wanting to have sex with her.

Melanie Hamlett

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MOVE ALONG

Partying Post-COVID Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be

My little Pfizer bender was fun and all, but it’s over for now.

Melanie Hamlett

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MESSY

C*ck-Blocked by Macron, French Return to Sex Clubs

Doctors who said sex from behind wouldn’t pass COVID, feasts before sex, and lots and lots of decor. Welcome to French sex libertine style in the age of coronavirus.

Melanie Hamlett

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NO PLACE LIKE HOME

My Messy Family Drove Me Across the World for Christmas

Rather than sit through another cringe Christmas, I once headed to Argentina to spend it with complete strangers. What ensued was bananas, but also heartwarming and sad.

Melanie Hamlett

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FRIEND ZONE

Best Friend or Murderer? My Life Traveling With Dating Apps

Sure, you can meet a wonderful German guy who will take you all over Barcelona on a scooter, but you can also end up at dinner pantomiming for hours.

Melanie Hamlett

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CREEPY AND WORSE

The Men Who Creep Women Out on the Appalachian Trail

Statistically the trail is one of the safest places in the U.S., but when a tent is all that separates you from a potential predator, the danger becomes terrifyingly real.

Melanie Hamlett

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NO PLACE LIKE HOME

These Expats Are Stuck in Coronavirus Visa Hell

The coronavirus crisis has left expats and immigrants around the world in agonizing limbo as countries shut borders and jobs disappear.

Melanie Hamlett

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RAISE THE DEAD

This Must Be the World’s Wildest Easter Celebration

After escaping to Valparaíso, I found myself in the middle of a truly surreal Easter celebration replete with a bloody live Jesus and fires all over the city.

Melanie Hamlett

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ROUGHING IT

Eating at Denny’s. Sleeping at Walmart. What Could Go Wrong?

Melanie Hamlett lived out of her Toyota pickup for five years before giving it up and moving to New York. Then she got nostalgic for road life. That was her first mistake.

Melanie Hamlett

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