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Mar 18, 2021

I Read 86 Books in 2020 And All I Got Was This T-Shirt

The books I read + loved in 2020. Note: Books are not stack ranked within their categories. Top 6 Real Life…Brandon Taylor Women Who Run With the Wolves…Clarissa Pinkola Estés Things We Didn’t Talk About When I Was A Girl…Jeannie Vanasco The Fifth Season…N. K. Jemisin Drifts…Kate Zambreno Your Silence Will Not…

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I Read 86 Books in 2020 And All I Got Was This T-Shirt
I Read 86 Books in 2020 And All I Got Was This T-Shirt
Reading

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Feb 4, 2020

My Year in Reading—2019

The books I read + loved in 2019. Note: Books listed are not stack-ranked within their categories. Top five! The Folded Clock…Heidi Julavits Trick Mirror…Jia Tolentino How to Do Nothing…Jenny Odell A Place for Us…Fatima Farheen Mirza Trip…Tao Lin Honorable Mentions White Fragility…Robin DiAngelo The Recovering…Leslie Jamison Normal People…Sally Rooney The Moon is Almost…

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My Year in Reading—2019
My Year in Reading—2019
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Human Parts

·Aug 7, 2019

The No-Makeup Experiment

What quitting makeup taught me about femininity, people pleasing, and beauty — In my seventh-grade school photo, I’m wearing lipstick that’s almost brown, a la ’90s-era Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Lopez, and Kate Moss. My friend Arielle, a grade above me, had shared it with me the morning before our photos were taken. When my mother finally received the picture, she…

Beauty

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The No-Makeup Experiment
The No-Makeup Experiment
Beauty

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Jan 11, 2019

My Year in Reading — 2018

The books I read + loved in 2018. Note: Books listed are not stack-ranked within their categories. Top five! Pachinko…Min Jin Lee Motherhood…Sheila Heti Heart Berries…Terese Marie Mailhot The Idiot…Elif Batuman Tonight I’m Someone Else…Chelsea Hodson Loved these ones IMMENSELY also 100 Essays I Don’t Have Time to Write…Sarah Ruhl The Book of Mutter…Kate Zambreno Jell-O girls…Allie…

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My Year in Reading — 2018
My Year in Reading — 2018
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GEN

·Oct 10, 2018

The Finger Banger and the Heart Fucker

Men are capable of inflicting incredible harm—and incredible healing — A weekend night in Berkeley, in the very early 2000s: Groups of students roamed the south side of campus, wandering in and out of parties in the frat houses lining Piedmont, Bancroft, and Channing, those giant, multistory homes with their front porches and leather couches and white, oversized Greek columns…

Sexual Assault

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The Finger Banger and the Heart Healer
The Finger Banger and the Heart Healer
Sexual Assault

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The Coil

·Aug 10, 2018

Incomplete Instructions for Girl Writers in Pain

Nonfiction by Janet Frishberg

Womens Health

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Incomplete Instructions for Girl Writers in Pain
Incomplete Instructions for Girl Writers in Pain
Womens Health

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Electric Literature

·Apr 2, 2018

It’s Okay to Give Up on Mediocre Books Because We’re All Going to Die

Life’s too short to force yourself to finish books you don’t enjoy — The fall I was 17, I lived in Paris and read just over 90 books. I was working as an au pair for a newborn, which gave me plenty of hours when I had to be quiet, stay inside, and pass the afternoons alone. It was 2005, so I wasn’t…

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It’s Okay to Give Up on Mediocre Books Because We’re All Going to Die
It’s Okay to Give Up on Mediocre Books Because We’re All Going to Die
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Jan 29, 2018

How I Read 77 Books Last Year

One of my goals in 2017 was to read 52 books. By the end of the year, I’d significantly exceeded that number, as you already know from the super subtle title of this long-form listicle. …

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How I Read 77 Books Last Year
How I Read 77 Books Last Year
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Jan 1, 2018

My Year in Reading—2017

The books I read + loved in 2017. Note: The books listed are not stack-ranked within their categories. Top six! The One Who Is Not Busy…Darlene Cohen PERSON/A…Elizabeth Ellen Homegoing…Yaa Gyasi All the Birds in the Sky…Charlie Jane Anders The Untethered Soul…Michael Singer Too Much and Not the Mood…Durga Chew-Bose Loved these ones IMMENSELY also The Principles…

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My Year in Reading—2017
My Year in Reading—2017
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May 2, 2017

My Year In Reading — 2016

I wanted to share the books I read + loved in 2016. Note: The books listed are not stack-ranked within their categories. Top three! The Mothers by Brit Bennett The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson The Fear Book by Cheri Huber I loved these ones mega-town There Is No Right Way to Meditate by Yumi Sakugawa The Small…

Books

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My Year In Reading — 2016
My Year In Reading — 2016
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