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Things I Read That I Love #137: We Don’t Do Dumb Things Like That To Start The Day

Topics include the case for reparations as explained by Ta-Nehisi Coates, AM Homes, a Vine romance gone wrong, how to be a writer, turning 30 and more!

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Jul 25, 2014

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Things I Read That I Love #136: I Fell So Hard for Tomato Juice One Summer

Topics include class rage, the crash of EgyptAir 990, the cruise ship industry, elephant abuse at the circus, Justin Bieber, falling in love with everything and more!

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Jul 18, 2014

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Things I Read That I Love #135: Too South To Be North and Too North To Be South

Topics include sex work in Rio, a polyamory conference, a men’s rights conference, Adam Levine, the two Baltimores, student debt and moar!

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Jul 11, 2014

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Things I Read That I Love #134: The Anti-Coloring Book

Topics include John Green, being bipolar, large-scale organic farming, letters from arsonist, joint custody, Sandy Hook, Koh Phangan, Michael Jackson and MOAR!

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Jul 4, 2014

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Things I Read That I Love #133: I Cannot Confirm or Deny That I May Have Kissed Two or Three or Maybe Even Five of Them

Topics include Vintage Black Glamour, Dov Charney & Terry Richardson & Vice, hospice care, The Mighty Ducks trilogy, summer matinees and more!

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Jun 27, 2014

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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