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An Illustrated Guide to Turning Your Breakup into a Literary Masterpiece
An Illustrated Guide to Turning Your Breakup into a Literary Masterpiece
Because only a writer can master these endings.
Carlyn Beccia
Sep 10
Expert Explains How and When Women Can Use the Bathroom
Expert Explains How and When Women Can Use the Bathroom
Unaired episode of The Hidden Brain: For Women in Need of Relief
Kate Brennan
Sep 9
Appropriate Uses of the Comic Sans Typeface
Appropriate Uses of the Comic Sans Typeface
These and these alone are allowed
Caleb Coy
Sep 6
What this Town Needs is a Shirley Jackson Style Lottery
What this Town Needs is a Shirley Jackson Style Lottery
Won’t you think of the children’s future?
Sarah Lofgren
Sep 5
As a Single Woman Doomed to Die Alone, It is My Earnest Wish to Be Eaten by Cats
As a Single Woman Doomed to Die Alone, It is My Earnest Wish to Be ...
Simply Nothing Else Will Fulfill My Destiny!
Erika Lindquist
Sep 4
Big news team! After 120 years, we’re putting the coke back in Coca-Cola.
Big news team! After 120 years, we’re putting the coke back in Coca...
This will not be another New Coke fiasco.
Aaron Chown
Sep 3
I’m Begging You All, Please Let 1990s Fashion Stay Dead
I’m Begging You All, Please Let 1990s Fashion Stay Dead
An Open Letter to Generation Z
Mary Flannery
Sep 2
Welcome to Your Airbnb! Please Follow All These Rules Or Else I’ll Take Your Deposit.
Welcome to Your Airbnb! Please Follow All These Rules Or Else I’ll ...
Ensure you are the perfect guest by reading through my meticulous guidelines.
CarolF
Aug 30
A Few Pointers for the Burglar Robbing My Home
A Few Pointers for the Burglar Robbing My Home
I don’t want you to waste your time or damage my property any more than you have to
Stephanie Redmond
Aug 29
ASAP Fables Online: Timely Parables Abbreviated for a Busy Age
ASAP Fables Online: Timely Parables Abbreviated for a Busy Age
No one’s got time for Aesop any more
Philip Heckman
Aug 28
Brat Girl Summer, or Burned-Out Parent Summer?
Brat Girl Summer, or Burned-Out Parent Summer?
You have never felt so hot
Anna Pook
Aug 27
The NATO Alphabet, Rebranded.
The NATO Alphabet, Rebranded.
Forget Whiskey. Try Wellbutrin.
Rachel Geman
Aug 27
The Obligatory Inspirational Speech In Every Sports Movie For Parallel Parking
The Obligatory Inspirational Speech In Every Sports Movie For Paral...
You’re not getting another parking ticket today.
Mayur Chauhan
Aug 26
The Rules of the Road, Based on My Experience as a Pedestrian
The Rules of the Road, Based on My Experience as a Pedestrian
“Under no circumstances, should a pedestrian cross a crosswalk.”
Amy Greenlee
Aug 23
New Apps Created for Fairy Tale Characters
New Apps Created for Fairy Tale Characters
Silicon Valley uses technology instead of magic to help users achieve their happy ending
Kyrie Gray
Aug 22
Unusual Ways to Make New Friends as an Adult
Unusual Ways to Make New Friends as an Adult
Finding lasting relationships is harder as you age, so it’s time to get creative
Kyrie Gray
Aug 21
A Distillation of the What You’ll Find in the New York Times Recipe Comments Section
A Distillation of the What You’ll Find in the New York Times Recipe...
It’s not about the food you cooked, but the people you met along the way
Thomas Pease
Aug 20
Steps to Take to Prepare for Your Upcoming Mammogram
Steps to Take to Prepare for Your Upcoming Mammogram
Do you have two cold baking sheets on hand?
Kate Brennan
Aug 19
15 Possible Reasons Women Go to the Bathroom in Groups
15 Possible Reasons Women Go to the Bathroom in Groups
“None of the reasons involve pooping, I swear.”
Kyrie Gray
Aug 16
Reasons Someone Might Choose to Sit Next to You on an Empty Train
Reasons Someone Might Choose to Sit Next to You on an Empty Train
Maybe they’re not just some creeper?
Stephanie Redmond
Aug 15
If The “Post Your Last Photo, No Cheating” Trend Were Honest
If The “Post Your Last Photo, No Cheating” Trend Were Honest
No one is going to show you their ugly truth when they can edit out their flaws
Laura-Liisa Klaas
Aug 14
Field Guide for Interacting with the Middle-Aged Step-Sibling Who Still Lives with Your Parents
Field Guide for Interacting with the Middle-Aged Step-Sibling Who S...
Do not break etiquette and verbalize the absurdity of the living situation
Caroline Horwitz
Aug 13
Get Ready to Run Like You’re a Half-Naked Girl in a Horror Movie
Get Ready to Run Like You’re a Half-Naked Girl in a Horror Movie
Discard your fear of failure and your bra!
Laura Berlinsky-Schine
Aug 12
An Open Letter to the Barista Serving Me a Paper Straw in a Plastic Cup
An Open Letter to the Barista Serving Me a Paper Straw in a Plastic...
Screw the turtles, save ME from your company’s hypocrisy
Ivana Klara
Aug 9
Discover How Polka Musicians, Gunslingers, and Other Niche Specialists Keep Their Edge
Discover How Polka Musicians, Gunslingers, and Other Niche Speciali...
You’ve got to make the scene if you want to stay keen
Mark Armstrong
Aug 8
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