I keep writing and re-writing this Topic of the Day post, unable to settle on a specific topic because my brain keeps coming back to the main theme of the past 17 months, which is: this shit is really fucking hard! I feel burned out and drained. Not just in keeping up this site, but…
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Last week my family took a vacation to Chicago, where I lived for seven years prior to moving to NYC to close the gap in my long distance relationship with Drew. I typically go back twice a year for long weekend visits to see my close friends who still live there (none of whom have…
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In the comments of this post the other day, someone pointed out that I referred to the LW’s significant other as her “boyfriend” when she had referred to him in her letter as her “partner.” The commenter said: Wendy, he is not her ‘boyfriend’, he is her partner. Why do you always respond to people…
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I don’t know about you, but as the season changes, the school year – this awful, stressful school year – finally starts drawing to a close (31 days to go here in NYC), and life once again begins to return to something resembling normal, I feel my mood lift and my energy shift. While some…
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(Me, before my first post-vax night out. I’ve done my hair, but I don’t know what to wear). Over on Medium the other day, writer, Will Leitch, wrote some helpful tips for reentering the world as we get vaccinated and begin to leave our cocoons again. Maybe you are feeling zero anxiety about said re-entrance…
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