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Things I Read That I Love #238: Mythological Teen Goddesses Haunting Texas Supermarkets.

Topics include Twin Peaks, the Menendez Brothers murders, white supremacy, the artwashing of Boyle Heights, Richard Nixon, waterparks, “The Perils of Privilege” and so much more!

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May 26, 2017

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Things I Read That I Love #234: I’d Just Been To Burning Man and Was Feeling Very Fluid

Topics include serial killers, gay loneliness, THINX, cults, Mount Rushmore, marijuana delivery, the cost of childcare, “The Kiss” and so much more!

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Mar 24, 2017

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Things I Read That I Love #223: On The Razor Edge Of His Teenaged Angst

Topics include addiction memoirs, solitary confinement, murder, the ban / the wall, Ulta Beauty, summer, Sarah Schulman, the music of My So-Called Life and more!

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Mar 10, 2017

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Things I Read That I Love #222: I Look For Myself In Other Women’s Bodies

Topics include the Olsen twins museum, Mary Gaitskill, taking up space, PewDiePie, the Milo bus, menstrual cups, women’s prisons, airports and so much more!

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Feb 26, 2017

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Things I Read That I Love #221: I Should Very Gladly Have Portrayed Myself Here Entire and Wholly Naked

Topics include Anna Nicole Smith, the DeVos family, Stephen King’s IT, Will & Grace, MURDER, Snow White’s Scary Adventures, miniatures, people who remember everything and more!

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Feb 10, 2017

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Things I Read That I Love #220: The Jaws That Closed Only To Chew Gum

Topics include Jared Kushner, Mike Pence, Trump Country, health care, CULT MURDERS, The Spur Posse, Tiffany from America’s Next Top Model, Sqirl and more!

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Jan 27, 2017

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Things I Read That I Love #219: We Were Good As Married In My Mind

Topics include ’90s nerd masculinity, One Day At A Time, a grandmother who liked poison, Backpage, the Gawker lawsuit, Donald Trump in 1999, John Waters’ childhood home, corporate vet clinics,…

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Jan 13, 2017

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Things I Read That I Love #218: Like Flirting With A Sad Encyclopedia.

Topics include Supreme streetwear, covering the Donald Trump campaign, yearning to leave the suburbs, Monica Lewinsky, David Foster Wallace, exotic dancing and more!

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Dec 30, 2016

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Things I Read That I Love #217: Outcasts, Weirdos, Dweebs, Punks, Shy Kids, Cartoon Fanatics, and Serial Fidgeters

Topics include sleep, “my president was Black,” farm-to-table restaurants, Betsy DeVos, Pee Wee Herman, Journey into the Imagination, Chicago State University and so much more!

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Dec 16, 2016

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Things I Read That I Love #215: They Drank Champagne and Ate Cake, and She Told Him She Was Happy

Topics include Donald Trump in 1997, The Tower of Terror, My So-Called Life, Steve Bannon, Tom Hanks, Chipotle, Carl’s Jr, how we break, and more!

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Nov 18, 2016

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Things I Read That I Love #213: Can These Desires and Needs Survive Together

Topics include Dress for Success, OJ Simpson, open marriages, Star Tours, what men love about war, lesbians in the ’90s, a white supremacist who went to college and changed his…

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Oct 21, 2016

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Things I Read That I Love #212: She’s A Little Trigger-Happy On The Misanthropic Rage

Topics include Sea World Ohio, “Fixer Upper,” Blue Apron, Bret Easton Ellis, the Golden Suicides, a con-woman, this really cool essay about ambition and SO MUCH MORE!

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Oct 7, 2016