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I Am Your Body and I Am Done Keeping Score
“Performing the role of ‘body’ for you has been akin to participating in an irreparably toxic workplace environment. One where management actively ignores the research and trauma-backed warnings I issue on a regular basis.” -
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The Trump Playbook for Brokering Peace Between Israel and Iran
“Trump announces that Iran and Israel have ‘concepts of a peace plan,’ while media staffers from both governments describe the meeting as ‘not constructive.’” -
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I’ve Figured Out What My Mayoral Run Is Missing: I Need to Start Sexually Harassing Women
“With your vote, you can remind everyone in your life that what men want is always more important than what women want, or what women don’t want, like when a woman does not want to be molested by her boss.” -
Minutes from the Latest Meeting of the Council of Landlords
CHAIR: Any ongoing business from our prior session?
SECRETARY: We ended by tabling the vote on enacting longer delays for even the most basic of maintenance.
CHAIR: All in favor of taking the vote today?
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Welcome to WeStillWork, the Nursing Home for People Who Can’t Afford to Retire
“Our facility offers elderly corporate drones the comfort of a living space with the same lack of character as an office cubicle. Be surrounded by like-minded residents like yourself, who will be working on their laptops to pay off their bills until the day they die.”
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June 13, 2025Congrats, Dipshit, You’re a Dad Now
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June 6, 2025I, Saruman, Have Ended My Alliance with the Dark Lord Sauron
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February 10, 2015What a Straight Man’s Favorite Musical Says About Him
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June 9, 2025It’s Not Going Great, but Imagine How Much Worse Things Would Be with a Woman President
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June 3, 2025New York Times’ Style Guide Substitutions for “The President Violated the Constitution”
Interviews, Essays, and Excerpts
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June 17, 2025McSweeney’s Books: A Q&A with Tucker Nichols and McSweeney’s Art Director Sunra Thompson about the New Book, Mostly Everything: The Art of Tucker Nichols
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June 13, 2025Excerpts from The Believer: What Does the AuraCamera 6000 See?
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June 10, 2025My Season Pass to Burnout Land
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June 6, 2025Excerpts from The Believer: Queer Liberation
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June 1, 2025Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: May 2025: Atrocities 207-272
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May 30, 2025Excerpts from The Believer: Sisyphus in the Capital
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May 28, 2025Reviews of New Food: Skittles POP’d Freeze Dried Candy
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