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The Ultimate Guide To Skincare For Women Over 40
The Ultimate Guide To Skincare For Women Over 40
Stop offending everyone around you with your decades-old skin
Stephanie D. Rondeau
May 14
10 Practical Ways to Use Your Degree
10 Practical Ways to Use Your Degree
You knew minoring in prehistoric literature would come in handy
Aarushi Ahuja
May 13
How to Be the Best Narcissist
How to Be the Best Narcissist
Make sure everyone knows how you sacrificed to get here
Lisa Hides
May 10
We’re DINKWADs* (Dual Income No Kids With a Dog), of Course We Think We’re Better Than You
We’re DINKWADs* (Dual Income No Kids With a Dog), of Course We Thin...
But please don’t ask us about having kids
Laura-Liisa Klaas
May 9
“Seeking Goat Share” & Other Failed Personal Ads
“Seeking Goat Share” & Other Failed Personal Ads
Ads that didn’t quite work out
Kate Brennan
May 8
I’m a Door-to-Door Salesman on a Segway and I Know You’re Stoked I’m Here
I’m a Door-to-Door Salesman on a Segway and I Know You’re Stoked I’...
You’ll be seeing a lot more of me now that the weather’s nice
Caroline Horwitz
May 7
Are You a 21st Century Teacher or a Victorian Era Governess?
Are You a 21st Century Teacher or a Victorian Era Governess?
Can you tell the difference?
Amy Greenlee
May 6
Who Needs the Sistine Chapel When You’ve Got My Bathroom Selfies?
Who Needs the Sistine Chapel When You’ve Got My Bathroom Selfies?
They laughed at Picasso, they scoffed at Dali, and now they shake their heads at my masterpieces
Philip S. Naudus
May 3
Eight Things I Wish I Knew in My Twenties and Definitely Before I Committed Those Murders
Eight Things I Wish I Knew in My Twenties and Definitely Before I C...
Advice to my younger and not yet incarcerated peers
Kyrie Gray
May 2
Pantomiming in the Tsunami and Other Failed Weather Related Musicals
Pantomiming in the Tsunami and Other Failed Weather Related Musicals
The Throwaway First Drafts of Hit Musical Comedy Singin’ in the Rain
Ally Bush
May 1
April showers brought showers of humor
April showers brought showers of humor
Satire, comics, and other funny stuff from Jane Austen’s Wastebasket
Kyrie Gray
Apr 30
Was It a Mistake to Get My Degree From Wordle University?
Was It a Mistake to Get My Degree From Wordle University?
The unvarnished truth of life after Wordle U
Peter Schooff
Apr 26
Had Enough of the Disney Parks? Then Visit Don Bluth Land!
Had Enough of the Disney Parks? Then Visit Don Bluth Land!
You’ve never known fun until you’ve boarded a boat sinking into lava and tried to escape a giant canine Satan
Caroline Horwitz
Apr 25
Thought Journal Prompts From Your Overbearing Mother
Thought Journal Prompts From Your Overbearing Mother
Use this journal to organize your trash life
Laura Berlinsky-Schine
Apr 24
Best Medical Practices, According to the Arizona Supreme Court
Best Medical Practices, According to the Arizona Supreme Court
Who needs “adequate healthcare” when you have pre-Civil War medicine?
Aarushi Ahuja
Apr 23
We Care About Your Privacy so We Can Monetize It
We Care About Your Privacy so We Can Monetize It
We never said we don’t sell your data. We said we value your privacy. Huge difference.
Philip S. Naudus
Apr 22
If the Spammy Emails in My Inbox Were Honest
If the Spammy Emails in My Inbox Were Honest
They pretend to care just long enough for you to click that link
Maria Garcia
Apr 19
All The Ways Your Online Orders Were Horribly Packaged
All The Ways Your Online Orders Were Horribly Packaged
Overpackaged or underpackaged, there is no in-between.
Stephanie
Apr 18
Welcome to Medieval Painting 102 Where You’ll Learn to Draw Creatures You’ve Never Seen
Welcome to Medieval Painting 102 Where You’ll Learn to Draw Creatur...
There are no wrong choices because we’re all literally guessing
Kyrie Gray
Apr 17
The Last Weight-Loss Guide You’ll Ever Need
The Last Weight-Loss Guide You’ll Ever Need
Forget slim, these tips will take you from alive to ghostly
Ally Bush
Apr 16
Having Run Out of Cultural Intellectual Property to Mine, Studios Turn Their Gaze Elsewhere
Having Run Out of Cultural Intellectual Property to Mine, Studios T...
The future of cinema is waiting in the patent office
Jeff King
Apr 15
Our Healthcare Plan is Simple, Just Don’t Get Sick
Our Healthcare Plan is Simple, Just Don’t Get Sick
We’re in this together (unless you need an ambulance)
Philip S. Naudus
Apr 13
An Easy Guide Showing You How to Fill Your Prescription as Perimenopausal Woman in America
An Easy Guide Showing You How to Fill Your Prescription as Perimeno...
Get ready for a journey full of fighting doctors, betrayals, and extreme couponing
Jennifer Haubrich
Apr 12
Extremely Plausible Reasons Why I Can’t Go on a Digital Detox
Extremely Plausible Reasons Why I Can’t Go on a Digital Detox
It’s because I have FOMO — Fear of Major Ordeal
Laura-Liisa Klaas
Apr 11
Literary Heroines Discover ChatGPT
Literary Heroines Discover ChatGPT
Whiling away hours by the windowsill crying over scorned lovers and evil aunts need not be a thing now AI can solve the trauma
Hannah Wilkinson
Apr 10
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