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A New Yorker's attempt to address our bad behavior through personal stories and social commentary on American life.
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Mary is approaching with your order (opens the original)
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Hello! I’m getting a hang of being back. Someone sent me a message saying not to leave this site again and that I triggered their abandonment issues. While that is so sweet and I’m honored to mean that much to someone where I’ve made the list of people who trigger them, I must admit it took me a week just to find that message as I’m still learning the new layout Substack has created. I truly am sorry I left, during that break I paused paid subscriptions but I’ll be bringing that back once my new
The Internet, It Used To Be Mine (opens the original)
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Remember long captions?You know under an Instagram post?It’s 2016 and you use all the 2,200 characters Instagram has to offer. We wrote a story about the crazy night we had at the club, the love note to a friend on their birthday, a caption about the terrifying and sticky yet rewarding first year of motherhood.I used to frequent Instagram like a patron at a local bar enabled by the bartender, never to be cut off no matter how drunk I get. I now only log on to check and see if my favorite clothin
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