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Posted on September 12, 2017 September 12, 2018

Bad Advice On Shift-Key Mutiny And Wedding Cruelty

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Beauty only comes in a limited range of sizes, colors, and abilities, and anyone who falls outside that range is prone to destroying weddings, which don’t count unless everyone involved looks like they jumped out of the placeholder in a JC Penney picture frame. Read more

Posted on August 25, 2017 December 11, 2018

‘Gentlemen Prefer Hanes’! (And Other Useful Lessons From 1977)

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commercial, humor, Sexism, vintage-video

Have you ever worn a pair of nylons? No? Then consider yourself #blessed. Read more

Posted on August 22, 2017 December 11, 2018

Bad Advice On The Bougie-Butt Kings Of American Capitalism

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Bad Advice, capitalism, humor, Poverty

Welcome to our latest Bad Advice column! Stay tuned every Tuesday for more terrible guidance based on actual letters. Read more

Posted on August 8, 2017 November 1, 2018

Bad Advice On Fighting Over Politics And Play-Acting Gender Roles

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There is no evidence whatsoever to suggest that, historically speaking, humans have waged elaborate and often murderous campaigns in order to assert their political and social dominance over others. Read more

Posted on July 28, 2017 March 8, 2019

Those Women Workers ‘Sure Are Sensitive’!

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arts-creators, Sexism, vintage-video, women, world-war-ii

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Posted on June 27, 2017 August 17, 2018

Bad Advice On Calling Women ‘The Mrs.’

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Bad Advice, Bad Advisor, humor

It is a sorry thing that this young bride continues to entertain fantasies about self-determination. Read more

Posted on March 25, 2017 August 24, 2018

A Shit Of One’s Own

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Rachel Klein
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humor, Virginia Woolf

With utmost respect for Virginia Woolf. Read more

Posted on February 18, 2017 November 5, 2018

Congratulations On Your New Baby, Who Must Save Us All

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Warmest wishes on the blessed birth of your son; we look forward to the day he sets us free. Read more

Posted on January 24, 2017 August 29, 2018

Nazis, It’s Time For A Common Sense Approach To Not Getting Punched In The Face

Andrea Grimes
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Andrea Grimes
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Nazis, racism, satire

YES, THIS IS SATIRE. HOW ARE SO MANY PEOPLE DEFENDING NAZIS. Read more

Posted on December 26, 2016 January 23, 2019

This Pie Is Better Than The Birth Of My Child

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Janine Annett
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baby, food, humor, pie, satire

The first time I saw my child and held him— that pales in comparison to this pie. Read more

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