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Things I Read That I Love #303: A Discontinued Snack Emits a Strange Aura

Topics include Donald Trump’s romancing of the religious right, looking back on the 2010s, POC writing POC, graphing calculators, Cheez-Balls, finding a house in the Bay Area and so much…

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Dec 6, 2019

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Things I Read That I Love #302: Cosmo Tutorials On How to Come Didn’t Make Much Of a Crack In The Bell Jar

Topics include the founding of Patreon, the founding of Poo-Pourri, the writer as influencer, housing discrimination, TurboTax, feminist performance art, disassociating, the Park Slope food co-op, the Zodiac Killer and…

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Nov 22, 2019

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Things I Read That I Love #301: A Truly Raunchy Line Involving a Sandwich Bun and a Hairdresser

Topics include Phoebe Waller-Bridge, an Air BnB scam, tourism in Iceland, what even is Newsweek anymore, some deportations of history and more! Like an excerpt from Carmen Maria Machado’s new…

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Nov 8, 2019

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Things I Read That I Love #300: What Are We Doing Here, In This Short Time On This Dying Rock?

Topics include tenacious Florida women, why NBC killed their Weinstein reporting, sexual violence, checking a bag, systemic racism in Milwaukee, circuit parties, the perfect coke dealer and more!

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Oct 25, 2019

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Things I Read That I Love #299: A Nice Ass Lurks Somewhere On The Horizon, Like the Presence of God

Topics include John Updike, fraternities, ThirdLove, writing about yr life, Lilith Fair, Balloon Boy, coincidence, Heteropessimism and so much more!

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Oct 11, 2019

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Things I Read That I Love #298: The Way Teenage Relationships Tread That Knife Edge Between Disgust and Desire

Topics include TikTok, Pam Grier, Tavi on Instagram, crystals, murder, Empire Records, sex work, millennial burnout, Stanford and more!

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Sep 27, 2019

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Things I Read I Love #297: Anyone Who Wears a Carabiner With a Certain Sprezzatura

Topics include BH90210, the cost of Amazon’s next-day delivery, Joe Exotic’s giant tiger zoo, Marianne Williamson, college admissions, lesbian bars, working at Trump Soho and more!

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Sep 13, 2019

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Things I Read That I Love #296: She is Also Tiny and Platinum Blond With a Look of Engineered Disaster About Her

Topics include my favorite TV show Are You The One?, crossword puzzles, air conditioning, an online public meltdown, dooce, swimming, How Things Are at Deadspin, pregnancy, Bumble and so much…

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Aug 30, 2019

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Things I Read That I Love #295: Put All Your Deaths, Accidents and Diseases Up Front

Topics include the consolations of the mask, who the actual “founding fathers” are, the unexpected perils of asynchronous communication, a romantic investment in bohemia, company culture as per a crisis…

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Aug 16, 2019

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Things I Read That I Love #294: Nestled Among Fake Flowers and Flourishes of Glitter

Topics include the women who are obsessed with true crime (ahem), “bad teeth,” a very bad doctor, Jia Tolentino, Mic, migrant detention centers, Mariah Carey and so much more!

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Aug 2, 2019

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Things I Read That I Love #293: Names That Sound Dreamed Up For a Goop Collaboration with Lemony Snicket

Topics include the uncanny valley of online dating, the explosion of streaming TV, white privilege, weddings, the influencers of Byron Bay, Buffalo Wild Wings as a secret gay bar, BDSM…

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Jul 19, 2019

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Things I Read That I Love #292: There Are Chocolate Chips In The Freezer

Topics include Babe dot net, The Pioneer Woman, Judge Judy, queer food, GoFundMe healthcare, clapping back, Cooking: Why?, untying the knot at her throat and so much more!

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Jul 5, 2019