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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 #216: More Fun Than The Law Allows

Topics include Double Dare, The Enchanted Tiki Room, Donald Trump’s conflicts of interest, coming out late in life, Legos and more!

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Dec 2, 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 #214: It Was Time To Leave The Noise And The Bodies Behind

Topics include Dominos pizza, Cracker Barrel, leaving New York City, an alcoholic sportswriter, Stitch’s Great Escape, Kesha and SO MUCH MORE

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Nov 4, 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

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Things I Read That I Love #211: Either It’s All Those Drugs I Took In The ’60s Or I’m Really In Love

Topics include Atlantic City, Air Force One on 9/11, John Hughes movies, Edward Albee, Star Trek fandom, porn, kids on the internet and so much more!

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Sep 23, 2016

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Things I Read That I Love #210: The New Sofa Has Nothing To Fear From Me

Topics include Flint, the framing of a PTA mom, perfume, Roger Ailes, the true crime genre, the Upright Citizens Brigade, Miss America, domestic spheres, Winona Ryder and more!

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Sep 9, 2016