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3 days ago

Are You Secretly Destroyed By Rejection?

We don’t like to talk about disappointment. Here’s to normalizing it. — Do you ever feel disappointed? I mean, of course you do. You live in the world, you have hopes that things will go one way and then they go another, and then there it is! But personally, disappointment is an emotion that I usually try to smother with shame; it’s…

Rejection

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Are You Secretly Destroyed By Rejection?
Are You Secretly Destroyed By Rejection?

May 10

Some Birds Are Named By And For White Supremacists

So I propose we come up with nicknames for the warblers (and I need your help!) — (TLDR: A lot of birds are named for white supremacists! I wanted to do a project where we collectively come up with fun nicknames for the warblers of North America so bird-watching season can feel safer and more fun for all people. Jump directly to this project and how it…

Birds

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Some Birds Are Named By And For White Supremacists
Some Birds Are Named By And For White Supremacists

Apr 26

The Most Important ‘Adulting’ Thing You Can Do Is Good To The Dentist

Seriously. It could save you tens of thousands of dollars. — I’ve always thought teeth — as individuals, or as a concept — were kind of, I don’t know, hip? Like, a character in a Wes Anderson film might have a little tooth in a little jar that she keeps in a knapsack, along with a manual about toasters, fleece socks…

Self Care

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The Most Important ‘Adulting’ Thing You Can Do Is Good To The Dentist
The Most Important ‘Adulting’ Thing You Can Do Is Good To The Dentist

Apr 25

I Grew Up In Portland, And I’m Done Hating On It

It’s easier to dislike something than to really miss it. — (A note: this piece was originally written in January of 2020, pre-pandemic. The sentiment remains.) First, two brief anecdotes, separated in time by twelve years. 2004: I lived in Portland, but I was about to leave to go to college. I was going to go to college with my high…

Portland

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I Grew Up In Portland, And I’m Done Hating On It
I Grew Up In Portland, And I’m Done Hating On It

Apr 25

Pie Is Better Than Cake

And it is better than every food, and better than basically every thing. — I’m searching my mind to think of the first time I made a pie. I don’t think this was it, but I do recall this time my grandma came to visit — I must have been, like, 14, because I wasn’t vegan yet — and I put together an apple…

Pie

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Pie Is Better Than Cake
Pie Is Better Than Cake

Published in Human Parts

·Apr 18

I Have 233 Diaries, Which I’ve Kept Since 1993

Here’s my advice — Last month, I published a book about my many, many diaries. The book (which is a graphic memoir called Dear Sophie, Love Sophie; and which you can and should buy) employed a practice of writing back from the present to past versions of myself, as was recorded in my old…

Diaries

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I Have 233 Diaries, Which I’ve Kept Since 1993
I Have 233 Diaries, Which I’ve Kept Since 1993

Apr 2

Do You Know About All The Things Pigeons Can Do?

You guys. It’s SO MUCH STUFF. — How do you feel about pigeons? There are only three correct answers to this: I LOVE THEM. I AM OBSESSED WITH THEM. PIGEONS ARE TREMENDOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Look, I’m not that in to pigeons, but I have respect for them. I don’t know how I feel about them, Sophie. …

Pigeons

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Do You Know About All The Things Pigeons Can Do?
Do You Know About All The Things Pigeons Can Do?

Mar 24

You Can Write and Exercise At The Same Time

And it is awesome and fun. — I am writing this on a treadmill. I’ve really gone back and forth about whether this makes me the worst person at the gym or the coolest person at the gym — I’m walking quickly on this treadmill with a huge green plastic word processor in front of me, and…

Exercise

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You Can Write and Exercise At The Same Time
You Can Write and Exercise At The Same Time

Mar 24

7 Ways To Offer (Or Ask For) Verbal Support

If someone’s going through it, there are a lot of ways to be there for them. — Years ago, I Googled “What to say when friend is grieving and it is really horrible and bad.” Google came up with a litany of articles, each one telling me what NOT to say: don’t tell them this happened for a reason; don’t tell them everything is OK; don’t tell…

Community Care

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7 Ways To Offer (Or Ask For) Verbal Support
7 Ways To Offer (Or Ask For) Verbal Support

Mar 4

The Magic of Making A Little Book

I’ve Got Your Saturday Afternoon Plans Covered Although I understand that I am about to commit a great transgression of cliché, I’d like to begin with a pair of definitions. What is a book? And what makes something little? I don’t have a dictionary handy (or the internet, which I’m sure you’ll find hard to believe, but…

Bookmaking

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The Magic of Making A Little Book
The Magic of Making A Little Book
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