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Posted on July 2, 2018 July 12, 2018

Las Vegas’ Lesbian Wedding Commercial And The ‘Tolerance Trap’

Sara Gregory
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Sara Gregory
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Society+Politics
Tagged
acceptance, advertising, commercials, family, gay, homophobia, las vegas, lesbian, tolerance, weddings

Show me the queer love that’s hard to look at, the kind that makes its own rules and does what it wants regardless of approval or pride. Read more

Posted on February 6, 2018 December 11, 2018

Bad Advice On Employing A Sexual Harasser To Teach Your Child

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The Establishment
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Wit+Whimsy
Tagged
Bad Advice, louis-ck, sexual harassment, weddings

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

Posted on November 28, 2017 October 9, 2018

Bad Advice On Wedding Gifts And Other People’s Children

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The Establishment
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Uncategorized
Tagged
Bad Advice, children, humor, satire, weddings

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

Posted on September 12, 2017 September 12, 2018

Bad Advice On Shift-Key Mutiny And Wedding Cruelty

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Wit+Whimsy
Tagged
advice-column, Bad Advice, Friendship, weddings, wit-whimsy

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 June 30, 2017 September 7, 2018

Beauty Is A Preposterous, Amazing Gift We Give To One Another

Jennifer Culp
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Jennifer Culp
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Uncategorized
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beauty, Friendship, make-your-face, marriage, weddings

The experience of beauty I share with my friends is a bulwark in a world full of bullshit, a bastion against very real everyday horrors. Read more

Posted on December 13, 2016 October 3, 2018

Bad Advice On Vengeful Wedding Debauchery

Andrea Grimes
Written by
Andrea Grimes
Posted in
Wit+Whimsy
Tagged
advice, advice-column, Bad Advice, weddings, wit-whimsy

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

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