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I’ve been thinking this morning about how back when I was 20 and an intern at Nerve I thought if I worked really hard and was smart I would eventually

It really bums me out to see tweets along the lines of “Bernie was the only politician I ever cared about and now that he’s out of the race I

Been thinking about how we don't talk nearly enough about how bullies and abusers are often way, way more likable than their victims — or at least, we don't address

If you are eager to comply with the CDC's recommendation that you wear a cloth face mask but don't feel crafty enough to make your own, don't forget that Los

It is a very common human trait to assume that the way things are now is the way they will continue to be indefinitely. It’s why many of us make

People are always saying, “Text me when you get home,” but whenever I’m all, “Right, so you know I didn’t get murdered” suddenly I’m the “morbid” one who’s “making it

A quick thought on this question of “how do we prevent rapists from raping again if we don’t put them in jail?*”* Which, as far as I can tell, is

I wish this piece spent more time reckoning with the obvious problem of the “I’m ugly” meme: it’s only for people who aren’t actually ugly IRL.https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/11/14/20963125/tiktok-ugly-hi-im-ryan For years I’ve been