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Dear Prudence: The Column: The Book Is Out April 4th
“I want to be right all of the time; in my natural condition and given the option, I would choose the warm satisfaction of self-righteousness over…
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Possible Dinnertimes, In Order of Moral Laxity
There comes a time when one must ask oneself: Am I committing the near-sin of fanciness?
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Things I'd Never Say to a Detective: Our Last Conversation Seemed Perfectly Normal -- Oh, You Mean Our Fight on the Bridge?
Now, there's a perfectly legitimate reason I didn't bring that up --
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I Am The Horrible Goose That Lives In The Town
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Finally Taking My Own Advice About Thanksgiving
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Thoughts on a Phone Call
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"As A Trans Man, Thanks For Being So Welcoming Of Trans Men; Weird That There's No Trans Women Here"
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How I Believe Various Characters From HBO's "The Sopranos" Would React If I Tried To Teach Them The Rules Of Warhammer
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"A Good Day to Join the Hittite Army," Part II: There Are At Least Three Roads in the World
Previously: It seemed like a good day to join the Hittite army. I’d seen the advertisements at the trading-post – “Every day is a good day to join the…
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Things I Love To Say Shortly Before Being Murdered
Not immediately before, where I love to say things like “Oh, it’s you” after opening the door to an unseen visitor, or better still, “What do you want…
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"The Single Standard": Towards A Unified Theory of the Transmasculine Origins of Romance Novels
Previously in this series: Forced-Masculinization Fantasy in Georgette Heyer, Daphne du Maurier, Anne of Green Gables, and Star Trek. I recently picked…
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Please Accept My Application To Be Turned Loose in The Royal Forest to Root for Beechmast and Acorns
Previously in this series: Please accept my application to become a bog body. Please accept my application to become the wealthiest peasant in the…
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All Things Great and Small: Excerpts From A Secret Whatsapp Group Of The Neighbors of Peter Glazebrook, Giant Vegetable Farmer
stonebridge_springlane: happy spring everyone! just as a reminder for anyone new to the chat this year: between 15 April and early June the entire…
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It's 1178 BCE and the Bronze Age Has Never Looked Stronger. No, I Won't Lift My Eyes to the Horizon Right Now
It’s 1178 BCE and the sun never sets on the Ugaritic Empire/Kassite Federation/Old Babylonion Empire/Ugaritic trade network! And it’s all thanks to…
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Take A Train, Why Not
My first time on a sleeper train, the conductor made an announcement about the wifi being out with the addendum, “Of course, the only WWW you really…
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A newsletter about rejiggered literary classics, transmasculine underpinnings of the plucky heroine, and the failure-limits of graciousness, from table manners to family estrangement.
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