Some of my warmest memories are of the overwhelming female energy of 2010s BSB concerts, when we’d all aged out of competing with one another but not out of knowing the songs off of the German import album.
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Making Space for Rage and Empathy
If you’d like to sit next to me, I’m here, in a small space where I can hold my rage and empathy together, and there’s room for everyone.
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In Defense of the Lost Finale
Since I last watched Lost, I’ve moved into what Richard Rohr calls the second half of life mentality, in which anyone claiming to have tidy spiritual answers to anything makes me very squinty. Very squinty indeed.
That’s a good place to be for a Lost finale.
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3 Nonfiction Books to Read This Spring
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3 Fiction Books to Read This Spring
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Why You Might Be Too Comfortable
I’m a big fan of comfort. Take right now, for instance. I am sitting inContinue reading
Being a Little Kinder Than is Necessary
This week, I listened to a Hidden Brain episode about the Liking Gap, a well-researchedContinue reading
Critical Hearts
This week, I met with my editor and I played some Zelda. I don’t mindContinue reading
Notes on a Quarantine
Like most people living in non-island nations, my children and I contracted COVID recently. ItContinue reading
Fashion Exhaustion
We elderly millennials—the 35+ crowd—are having a moment in fashion. A bad moment. You knowContinue reading