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Not only does overparenting hurt our children; it harms us, too. Parents today are scared, not to mention exhausted, anxious, and depressed.
Julie Lythcott-Haims • How to Raise an Adult — Julie Lythcott-Haims
How to Make the Most of Your 20s
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Holly, as an adult,
J. Courtney Sullivan • The Cliffs: Reese's Book Club: A novel
The hotel mirrors of America know we all need some curve correction. But try to take yourself seriously as you open a package labeled, SHAPE MY DAY HIGH-WAISTED GIRL SHORT. Tomorrow you will cut the sugar. You will cut the fries. You will go back to the gym. You won’t be afraid of mirrors anymore.
Katy Tur • Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History
Julie and Faye are exchanging anecdotes and inclinations for the twentieth straight month. Julie tells Faye that she, Julie, best likes: contemporary poetry, unkind women, words with univocal definitions, faces whose expressions change by the second, an obscure and limited-edition Canadian encyclopedia called LaPlace’s Guide to Total Data, the gent
... See moreDavid Foster Wallace • Girl With Curious Hair
No one wants to take the risk of caring deeply.
Heather Havrilesky • The Rise of Emotional Divestment
My point is not that I alone am TRULY GREAT (although that’s obviously the subtext of most of what I write). I just mean that some of us have much, much more to say than just what is absolutely necessary, and when we walk around believing that we should shut the fuck up most of the time, we’re playing by the rules of people who either 1) don’t have... See more