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Oct 31, 2017

Report From Christiania

Seventeen days in a Danish anarchist town — Waste management is always the trump card of the opponents of anarchy. “Oh, yeah?” demands the smug square, “You want to get rid of the government and all the laws? Then, who’s going to take out the garbage?” The anarchist garbage collectors, that’s who. In Freetown Christiania, the self-governing anarchist town in Copenhagen, Denmark where I spent seventeen days in the summer of 2010, garbage collection is a festive affair. Like the rest of the town, the dumpsters and garbage trucks are covered in colorful murals. …

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Report From Christiania
Report From Christiania
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The Hairpin

·May 19, 2017

The Best Time I Ended Up Down a Manhole On A First Date

Adventures in underground dating — I’d had plenty of dating misadventures, but this was the first time I ended up down a literal manhole. I had been on one brief, blind date with a guy who didn’t seem interested. …

Personal History

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The Best Time I Ended Up Down a Manhole On A First Date
The Best Time I Ended Up Down a Manhole On A First Date
Personal History

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The Billfold

·Apr 18, 2017

The “Girls” Finale is a Financial Fantasy

The writing career capable of supporting single motherhood isn’t Hannah Horvath’s — it’s Lena Dunham’s. — I spent my Girls years watching Sex and the City, and my Sex and the City years watching Girls. I hope my thirties will culminate the way Hannah’s twenties just did — in motherhood, preferably biological, preferably shared. …

Lena Dunham

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The “Girls” Finale is a Financial Fantasy
The “Girls” Finale is a Financial Fantasy
Lena Dunham

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Mar 1, 2017

Why I Marched

Reflections on the Women’s March on Washington by Emily Meg Weinstein Days before the election, I started a new iPhone Note. …

Womens March

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Why I Marched
Why I Marched
Womens March

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