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Things I Read That I Love #132: I’d Actually Love It If People Started Not Being The Worst Every Day

Topics include alcoholic women writers, class, adjunct professors, the racism beat, Forest Haven Asylum, kids who plotted to kill, The Sexual Life of Catherine M. and moar!

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Jun 19, 2014

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Things I Read That I Love #131: Here We Go, A Nightmare of Mud and Madness

Topics include segregation in public schools, dairy farming, antibiotics, the Kentucky Derby, Britney Spears, laundry apps and moar!

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Jun 12, 2014

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Things I Read That I Love #130: Let Jolene Live Fierce and Free and Pure Fantasy

Topics include being “that woman,” a botched death row case, fradulent food, dead poet’s society, the Scopes Monkey trial, murder, more on the 9/11 museum and more!

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Jun 6, 2014

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Things I Read That I Love #129: The Bird Can’t Be Here, The Bird Lives In Wichita

Topics include Maya Angelou, Angelina Jolie, writing for “Mad Men,” Chirlane McCray, prison labor, Valerie Solanas and moar!

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May 30, 2014

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Things I Read That I Love #128: His Favorite Place in LA These Days is Home Depot.

Topics include Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”, Alex Trebek, Murderabilia, privilege, egg donation, Dr.Drew, heroin addiction and moar!

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May 23, 2014

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Things I Read That I Love #127: Waiting For The Garden of Eden To Open Up Again Under A New Management

Topics include Nuyorican poets, Nigeria, MSN Messenger, gendered toys, Miley Cyrus, domestic violence, Miley Cyrus and more!

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May 16, 2014

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Things I Read That I Love #126: Oh I Feel Misunderstood All The Time, Including Right Now

Topics include Lorrie Moore, being a conductor in the NYC subways, the ugly ramifications of mandatory minimums, Mystery Science Theater, faking a hate crime and much moar!

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May 9, 2014

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Things I Read That I Love #125: To Understand As A Gut Reality The Phenomenon Of Rulers Setting The Ruled Against Each Other.

Topics include the whiteness of MFA programs, multiple sclerosis, fireball whiskey, social science, Gmail, rape culture in Universities and Ellen Willis.

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May 2, 2014

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We Have Lots of Noise, We Need Lots of Solutions: Preventing Sexual Assault at (Every) American University

The recent scandal surrounding the disturbing messages leaked from American University’s Epsilon Iota is a national story, and sheds light on a national problem. The response of AU students shows…

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May 1, 2014

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Things I Read That I Love #124: Well, I Want A Dog Too

Topics include the first teenagers, SF’s housing crisis, murder, too-safe playgrounds, sex workers, life after incarceration and so much more!

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Apr 25, 2014

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Things I Read That I Love #122: This Is Not a Good Town For Psychedelic Drugs

Topics include Heathers, college football recruiting, when a novelist’s truth hurts, living Barbie, publishing, the murders at the lake and so much moar!

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Apr 11, 2014

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Things I Read That I Love #118: Folks Are Well-Intentioned and Stupid, Well-Intentioned and Broken

Topics include solitary confinement, the Barista class, the burrnesha of Albania, Back to the Future II, Swissair Flight 111, Dazed & Confused and so much more. Srsly this is a…

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Mar 14, 2014