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Want to Indoctrinate Your Kids With Cutthroat Capitalist Values? Give Them Choose Your Own Adventure Books.
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Struggling With Writing or Other Creative Pursuits? Take Comfort in TV Tropes.
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How to Passive Aggressively Convey Your Displeasure at a Reclined Airplane Seat
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How the Early Internet Nurtured a Hair Care Revolution for Women of Color
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We Compared Our Instagram Explore Pages, With Deeply Creepy Results
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Why I Waste Hours Losing Myself in the American Girl Stop-Motion Cinematic Universe
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Jan 29, 2020
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People in My Family Struggle With Addiction. So Why Do I Obsess Over the Addiction Stories of Strangers Online?
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What Happened When I Started Dancing Ballet at Age 62
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Jan 20, 2020
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What I Learned From More Than a Year as Slate’s Pet Advice Columnist
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Why I Sneak Around Cheating on My Radical Queer Politics With Queer Wedding Instagram
Molly Savard
Dec 30, 2019
5:55 AM
I Want a Dog, but My Husband Refuses. Should I Just Do It?
Nick Greene
Dec 28, 2019
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Is It Possible to Read Beloved Children’s Fantasy Like Tolkien and Lewis With a Critical Eye?
Rebecca Onion
Dec 27, 2019
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The Decade Witchy Things Went Mainstream
Collier Meyerson
Dec 23, 2019
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My Cat Jumps on My Husband’s Nuts in the Morning and Wakes Us All Up
Nick Greene
Dec 21, 2019
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My Puppy Won’t Eat His Kibble. Can I Feed Him Human Food?
Nick Greene
Dec 14, 2019
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How Can I Keep My Cat off Our Christmas Tree?
Nick Greene
Dec 07, 2019
6:00 AM
Why I Waste Time by Digitally Stalking the Goings-On of a Small Town Where I Haven’t Lived in Years
Allison Kelley
Dec 02, 2019
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My Dog Keeps Shoving His Head Between Men’s Legs
Nick Greene
Nov 30, 2019
5:50 AM
