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Posted on October 5, 2017 October 2, 2018

Adult Fairy Tales For Millennials

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Gwen Lawson
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Wit+Whimsy
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fairy-tale, humor, millenials, short-story, wit-whimsy

All the internet-based outlets wanted The Princess to write for exposure. Read more

Posted on October 3, 2017 February 11, 2019

Bad Advice On Obsessing Over The Sexual History Of Your Child’s Lover

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Bad Advice, Bad Advisor, dating, humor, love, satire

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

Posted on September 26, 2017 September 19, 2018

Bad Advice On Staying With A Trump Supporter For The Great Sex

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Bad Advice, donald trump, humor, sex, wit-whimsy

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

Posted on September 13, 2017 September 7, 2018

Public Transit Mindfulness For The ‘Summer Of Hell’

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Elizabeth Yuko
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humor, new-york, public transit, summer-of-hell, wit-whimsy

These meditations work year-round for making any public transportation surroundings perfectly ‘normal.’ (As opposed to a demoralizing hell-scape.) Read more

Posted on August 29, 2017 September 7, 2018

Bad Advice On Demanding Your Daughter’s Virginity

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Bad Advice, humor, sex, virginity, wit-whimsy

Welcome to our latest Bad Advice column! Stay tuned every Tuesday for more terrible guidance based on actual letters. 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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The Bad Advisor
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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 15, 2017 September 7, 2018

Bad Advice On ‘Extremely Well-Endowed’ Exes

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

Posted on June 27, 2017 August 17, 2018

Bad Advice On Calling Women ‘The Mrs.’

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The Bad Advisor
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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

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