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Posted on January 4, 2016 November 30, 2018

How To Declutter Your Super-Gross Home In The New Year!

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Susan Harlan
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advice, children, cleaning, humor, wit-whimsy

Transform your home into a tidy space of good luck, well-being, and hashtag gratitude so you can be hashtag blessed. Read more

Posted on January 4, 2016 August 8, 2018

What A Sex Worker Can Teach You About Working For Yourself

Margaret Corvid
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Get your money first. You’re not a robot. And other handy advice. Read more

Posted on December 31, 2015 November 8, 2018

On The Privilege And Assholery Of Being An Artist

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How are single moms, or poor folks caring for their poor families, supposed to make time to compose, to be religious about their scholarship? Read more

Posted on December 30, 2015 December 14, 2018

The Only New Year’s Resolution You Need: Don’t Be An Asshole

Ijeoma Oluo
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Ijeoma Oluo
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brain-body, Feature, holiday-self-care, new-years-resolutions

I don’t care who you are, this resolution will improve your life and the lives of those around you. Read more

Posted on December 28, 2015 December 9, 2018

How To Say Hell No To ‘New Year, New You!’ Season

Katie Klabusich
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Katie Klabusich
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Society+Politics
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advice, body-acceptance, body-positive, Books

Self-blame fuels the NYNY season. It doesn’t have to be this way. Read more

Posted on December 26, 2015 December 5, 2018

5 Ways To Indulge Your Broke Ass Post-Holidays

Ijeoma Oluo
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Ijeoma Oluo
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brain-body, holiday-self-care, holidays

I’ve mastered the cheap retreat over the years and I’m here to share some ideas with you! Read more

Posted on December 22, 2015 December 4, 2018

You Can’t Always Get What You Want: A Very Cumberbatch Christmas

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Susan Harlan
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celebrities, christmas, christmas-wishes, cumberbitches, dear-santa, wit-whimsy

I’d like to give Benedict Cumberbatch an ugly Christmas sweater and then climb all over him like a holiday Jungle Gym, but rumor is he’s not into ugly Christmas sweaters, so that’s just too bad for me. Read more

Posted on December 21, 2015 October 5, 2018

The Transformative Power Of Submission

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anaïs-nin, bdsm, bondage, dominant, lust-liaisons

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Posted on December 18, 2015 December 5, 2018

Drink Pairings For Uncomfortable Family Conversations Over The Holidays

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Winona Dimeo-Ediger
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awkward-conversations, cocktails, drink-pairings, Feature, wit-whimsy

What cocktail pairs best with a “where are my grandchildren” guilt trip from your mother? Which liquor complements a xenophobic screed from your red state cousins? Read more

Posted on December 18, 2015 February 18, 2019

Why Is Jessica Jones Important?

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abuse, arts-creators, comic-books, movies

Five writers weigh in on the multifaceted superhero survivor—and what she means for trauma representation. Read more

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