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What We’re Hearing
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What We’re Hearing

The audio erotica site Quinn is producing clips that have to be played to be believed. For Slate

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Is Heathcliff Black?
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Is Heathcliff Black?

A debate that can’t be won. For Slate

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The Lonely Theatre Doom Loop
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The Lonely Theatre Doom Loop

What it’s like to live in a place where most screenings are empty. For Slate

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Sheridan’s Stuff
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Sheridan’s Stuff

I watched too much of his TV. Then I consumed too many of his products. For Slate

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Netflix’s Train Dreams Is Beautiful, Moving, and Missing Something
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Netflix’s Train Dreams Is Beautiful, Moving, and Missing Something

A soft movie; a hard novella. For Slate

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Home, Cooking
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Home, Cooking

Weekly home cooking column for the Athens Independent, 2024-present

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(Please) Stand By Me
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(Please) Stand By Me

How a movie with zero girls in it became our tweenage favorite. For Slate

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Why Romance Readers Can’t Quit Dramione
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Why Romance Readers Can’t Quit Dramione

Some of the year’s hottest books started as Harry Potter fanfic. For Slate

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The 25 Best Picture Books of the Last 25 Years
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The 25 Best Picture Books of the Last 25 Years

A package, with Dan Kois. For Slate

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1923 Ends With a Bang
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1923 Ends With a Bang

How the Yellowstone spinoff achieved whole new levels of Taylor Sheridana. For Slate

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What An ER Doctor Who’s Worked Mass Shootings Thinks Of Those Episodes Of The Pitt
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What An ER Doctor Who’s Worked Mass Shootings Thinks Of Those Episodes Of The Pitt

An interview with Dr. Christopher Colwell. For Slate

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Against The Women
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Against The Women

People love Kristin Hannah’s Vietnam book. Why? For Slate

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The Ending of Evil, Explained By Its Creators
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The Ending of Evil, Explained By Its Creators

Interview with Robert and Michelle King. For Slate

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Super-Motherhood
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Super-Motherhood

The women who have five or more kids think they know something you don’t. For Slate

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Does The Pioneer Woman Really Own The Land From Killers of the Flower Moon?
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Does The Pioneer Woman Really Own The Land From Killers of the Flower Moon?

The story behind a viral tweet. For Slate

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Silver Bullet
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Silver Bullet

Donald Trump Jr.’s strangely compelling lifestyle magazine for men. For Slate

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The Case For Leaving Strangers in Your Family Photos
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The Case For Leaving Strangers in Your Family Photos

Against Magic Eraser. For Slate

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Elf Is A Movie About My Life
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Elf Is A Movie About My Life

Like a kindergartener at Christmas. For Slate

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Buckminster Fuller’s Greatest Invention
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Buckminster Fuller’s Greatest Invention

Review of Alec Nevala-Lee’s Fuller biography. For the New Republic

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Up in Smoke
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Up in Smoke

How weed smell became a potent boogeyman of American decline. For Slate

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