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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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Things I Read That I Love #159: One Foot Sticking Out From Under The Duvet

Topics include RENT, the Universal Life Church, Fanny Howe, family farms, The Handmaid’s Tale, Reese Witherspoon, Law & Order and more!

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Dec 26, 2014

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Things I Read That I Love #158: A Big, Bright Shining Star

Topics include Ferguson, Boogie Nights, incarcerating victims of domestic violence, sex ed films and racism at The New Republic.

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Dec 18, 2014

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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 #155: I Will Only Bleed Here

Topics include Ferguson, the MFA-to-writing-teacher track, CRACKER BARREL, Uber, The Strand, the Freedom Summer, and so much more!

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Nov 28, 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 #153: Feminine Marvelous and Tough

Topics include film dubbing in France, Jimmy’s World, Taco Bell, being a serial killer’s daughter, race in Silicon Valley, Kathy Acker and more!

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Nov 14, 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 #150: Whatever She Is Fleeing From Will Always Eventually Overtake Her

Topics include Nicki Minaj, the price of black ambition, murder, aging, Nazi hipsters, Los Angeles, TV Talk Show audiences and more!

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Oct 24, 2014