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Things I Read That I Love #163: An Off-White Fan On The Off-White Ceiling

Topics include a childhood on codeine, Marsha Mehran, Fruitvale, prison labor, a face transplant, The Mission in San Francisco and moar!

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Jan 23, 2015

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Things I Read That I Love #162: I Suspect That Everyone I Know Might Reject Me At Any Moment

Topics include Nicholas Sparks, the day she left her son in the car, The Dead Dad Club, IKEA, Pam & Tommy and moar!

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Jan 16, 2015

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Things I Read That I Love #161: The Body Becomes A Small Refinery

Topics include diabetes, college parties, Selma, the Kimani Ffriend case, independent living, “Toxic Twitter” and more!

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Jan 9, 2015

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Things I Read That I Love #160: Smarter Than She Wants You To Know

Topics include Jay from the Adnan Syed case, Radio Shack, The Doodler Murders, Sex after pregnancy, “Who’s Afraid of Post-Blackness?” and Dorothy Allison on “A Question of Class.”

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Jan 2, 2015

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12 Places To Read Really Good Longform Writing Online

I’ve written 160 weekly roundups of the best longform on the web which means I’ve got a pretty solid grip on this topic.

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Jan 1, 2015

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Things I Read That I Love #157: Rain Makes Me Miss You

Topics include the last trailer park in Palo Alto, unarmed POC killed by police, black twitter, teenage YouTube stars, digital beauty in Hollywood and more!

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Dec 12, 2014

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Things I Read That I Love #156: I Am The One Who Waits

Topics include TJ Maxx, Chris Rock, internet trolls, Oral Roberts, Ruth Thalia, Dunkin’ Donuts and more!

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Dec 5, 2014

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Things I Read That I Love #154: Hides Junk Food All Over Her Bedroom

Topics include international development, Chris Rock, My Little Ponies, water parks, Asian-Americans on TV, the gay wing of the LA County jail, writing POC and MOAR!

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Nov 21, 2014

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Things I Read That I Love #152: To Make Thunder Where There Was No Lightning

Topics include “redneck reality TV,” cheerleading, Guantánamo, Reality Bites, rehab, Modern farmer, men and feminism and so much more!

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Nov 7, 2014

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Things I Read That I Love #151: I Ate The Dirt Along With The Fruit

Topics include American bathrooms, Wikipedia, poverty, Ferguson, cities without cars, Public Relations, local food, reality TV shows about auctions and more!

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Oct 31, 2014

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Things I Read That I Love #140: A Girl In Black Eyeliner and High-Top Sneakers

Topics include women in country music, pedophilia, the Estonia ferry sinking, Magnolia, retail scheduling, confessional writing, Ferguson and more.

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Aug 15, 2014

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Things I Read That I Loved #139: We Lean Into Love, Even In The Most Hideous Circumstances

Topics include Mary Karr, YouTube rooms, the ferry Sewol sinking, murder, child abuse, Kara Swisher, Ed Albee and moar!

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Aug 8, 2014