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  • mayor roundtable
    Features

    My City’s Mayoral Race Roundtable Was Delightfully Insane

    February 25, 2025 /

    5 candidates. 1 big surprise. My first effort at getting involved in local politics. Because big change starts small.

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    future of media

    Predictions for the Future of Media

    October 29, 2024
    girlboss

    Girlboss

    August 6, 2024
    married name

    I Did Not Take My Husband’s Name

    November 19, 2024
  • sports reporter
    Features

    Sports Reporters Can Help Save this Country

    February 11, 2025 /

    They could be key in helping apathetic and poorly informed Americans wake the fuck up

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    mayor roundtable

    My City’s Mayoral Race Roundtable Was Delightfully Insane

    February 25, 2025
    a dead crow decoy hangs in a back yard

    My Neighbor’s Dead Crow

    June 11, 2024
    moms for kamala

    If PTA Moms Wrote Kamala’s Fundraising Emails

    August 13, 2024
  • save democracy
    Features

    How to Save Democracy, According to Top U.S. Law Professors

    January 22, 2025 / No Comments

    5 ideas to help us feel ever-so-slightly less fugged

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    squatter in house for sale

    An Open Letter to the Meth Head Squatting in my Grandma’s House

    November 12, 2024
    Happy in-between Birthday to me

    In-Between Birthdays are Weird

    July 23, 2024
    millennials

    The Life Story of Millennials, as Told Through Newspaper Headlines

    December 2, 2024
  • ghost stroller
    Features

    The Ghost Stroller

    October 22, 2024 / No Comments

    An unimaginable (entirely imagined) tragedy, in 3 parts

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    first sleepover

    Feedback From my Kid’s First Sleepover

    October 1, 2024
    A cat with a people name

    The Magical Upside to Naming My Cat a People Name

    July 2, 2024
    be merry

    How to Get On My Christmas Card List

    December 10, 2024
  • grandma the catfish
    Features

    My Grandma, The Catfish

    September 10, 2024 / No Comments

    A farewell to the coolest woman on the planet.

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    america cat

    The New American Dictionary Adds 11 Words for 2025

    February 18, 2025
    sports reporter

    Sports Reporters Can Help Save this Country

    February 11, 2025
    millennial and a kid

    When I Was Your Age, From a Millennial to a Kid in 2026

    February 4, 2025
  • backpack runner
    Features

    The Strange, Mysterious Life of Backpackman

    August 27, 2024 / No Comments

    The runner was a staple on the Santa Monica Strand. Then he showed up somewhere else far away, sans signature accessory. I had to know why.

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    A cat with a people name

    The Magical Upside to Naming My Cat a People Name

    July 2, 2024
    dog freaking out

    15 Things to Do Instead of Freaking Out

    November 5, 2024
    grandma the catfish

    My Grandma, The Catfish

    September 10, 2024
  • girlboss
    Features

    Girlboss

    August 6, 2024 / No Comments

    A modern tale of female (dis)empowerment

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    Happy in-between Birthday to me

    In-Between Birthdays are Weird

    July 23, 2024
    save democracy

    How to Save Democracy, According to Top U.S. Law Professors

    January 22, 2025
    a child with anxiety comforted by her parents

    How to Help a Kid with Performance Anxiety

    May 28, 2024
  • A cat with a people name
    Features

    The Magical Upside to Naming My Cat a People Name

    July 2, 2024 / No Comments

    Jane or Garth would do. Grandma, Pop Pop or Uncle Tim, too. Mr. McFlufferpants, not so much.

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    hummer ev

    Hello, it is I, the Owner of This Giant Electric SUV! 

    October 15, 2024
    married name

    I Did Not Take My Husband’s Name

    November 19, 2024
    Happy in-between Birthday to me

    In-Between Birthdays are Weird

    July 23, 2024
  • a dead crow decoy hangs in a back yard
    Features

    My Neighbor’s Dead Crow

    June 11, 2024 / No Comments

    Is he trying to tell me something?

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    Erin Eenie

    party on

    sports reporter

    Sports Reporters Can Help Save this Country

    February 11, 2025
    a vanity plate or personalized license plate that says SE6YBOY

    Vanity Schmanity Plates

    May 27, 2024
    palisades fire

    OUT vs. IN: 10 Reasons for Raging Wildfires

    January 28, 2025
  • The Porsche Boxster, my inheritance
    Features

    I Still Don’t Know if I Want Pepe le Porsche

    May 29, 2024 / No Comments

    Inheriting stuff from alive people can be tricky. Especially if it's been driven off a cliff.

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    Erin Eenie

    party on

    hummer ev

    Hello, it is I, the Owner of This Giant Electric SUV! 

    October 15, 2024
    a child with anxiety comforted by her parents

    How to Help a Kid with Performance Anxiety

    May 28, 2024
    married name

    I Did Not Take My Husband’s Name

    November 19, 2024

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