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Shoutout to the 988 Lifeline (opens the original)
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September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and today is 988 Day, a day held annually on 9/8 to bring awareness to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.So in that spirit, I want to give the biggest shoutout to 988, the national hotline that’s available 24/7 for anyone experiencing emotional distress, mental health challenges, and thoughts of suicide and self-harm. In my mind, it’s existed forever as a resource, but the widespread functionality that allows anyone to be access care via text, call
Dolly would want you to get to livin’ (opens the original)
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“Jolene” reigns supreme. “I Will Always Love You” is quite possibly one of the most beautiful songs ever written, and “9 to 5” has ignited me on more weekday morning commutes than I can count.These are some of the main songs we inevitably return to when we think of the legendary Dolly Parton. But since her passing, it’s been beautiful to see people digging deeper into her enormous discography and resurfacing songs that reveal just how much
Why can’t we just believe a mother could have killed her kids? (opens the original)
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Note: If you or someone you know is in crisis, please call, text or chat with the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988, or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741.When the Lindsay Clancy trial first started coming up on my feed, I avoided it. I knew she’d been accused of killing her three children and that was enough for me to not dive deeper. But then the trial started, and if you’re on my side of TikTok, you’ll understan
Why "Famesick" is my favorite book of the year so far (opens the original)
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I was actually just going to literally write out all the lines I underlined while reading Famesick with no additional context, because one of the main organizing points of any review of the book would have to be Lena Dunham is a brilliant writer and there’s not much more to say about that.But more honestly, I don’t want to do the hard work of trying to summate this book with some sort of neat critical analysis. Is it because I’m a burnt out former English major who spent years stretching authors
There are so many good people (opens the original)
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There were yellow arrows and maps access all along the path, all but guaranteeing that no one should get lost, but get lost I did. It was the second day of a 10-day hike and I was still gathering my bearings; I’d walked 20 miles the day before and it was starting to occur to me that there was a possibility that maybe my lack of planning had less to do with going with the flow and more to do with woeful underpreparation.So I decided to do something I’m loath to do: admit I didn’t know what I was
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