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Every Instance Of "I Wish I Were A MAN. That Would Solve All My Problems" In The Works of The Brontës
Charlotte is the clear winner, by a country mile, but all of them do it. And it’s not just “wouldn’t SOCIETY be better if we treated women like men…
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The Stages of Drinking From A Bottle, According To Our Month-Old Son
I need milk I need MILK you son of a bitch ill kill you there’s something there that’s something let me see it you damn rascal you’re not going to con…
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Tonight, On Murder Most Noticeable!
I’ve started writing a script for a very light Murder, She Wrote-style comedy to while away the long months before Women’s Hotel comes out in October…
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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 Character Study of Grace Lavery
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Mansfield Park, Part IV
Previously: Mansfield Park, Part I. “She looks like she’s never had a glass of milk in her LIFE.” Mansfield Park, Part II. MARY CRAWFORD [Weeping with…
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Mansfield Park, Part III
Previously: Mansfield Park, Part I. “She looks like she’s never had a glass of milk in her LIFE.” Mansfield Park, Part II. MARY CRAWFORD [Weeping with…
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Women's Hotel Is Available For Pre-Order Now
"Lunch had become a slightly unfashionable meal at the Biedermeier."
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Mansfield Park, Part II
MARIA CRAWFORD: You’re telling me I can’t play my own harp because your horse has to bring lunch to your cow
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Just Had A Baby, Back Next Week
Lily and Grace and I just had a baby yesterday! His name is Rocco and he is terrific. By far the smallest guy I’ve ever met. If you’ve got any baby…
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Mansfield Park
Speak up; your disgraceful situation is nothing to be ashamed of
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How To Tell If You're In A Late Eighteenth-Century Novel
You are reconceptualizing the relationship of the individual to the collective through a series of letters to your dear friend Clare, who lives simply…
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The Chatner
The Chatner
A newsletter about rejiggered classics, transmasculine underpinnings of the plucky heroine, and the failure-limits of graciousness, from table manners to family estrangement.
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