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Published inSlackjawDear Unrequited (Nearly-Recycled) The New Yorker:Can we talk? Let me rephrase that: Because we both know you can — and you do — talk. A lot. Incessantly.Nov 29, 202312Nov 29, 202312
Rethinking Pink & Barbie BacklashMy mother was anti-Barbie. Her rationale was that she refused to have a doll in the house with a better figure than hers. (For those…Jul 19, 2023Jul 19, 2023
Published inSlackjawHotline Help: My Wife’s Face Is Ugly!Thank you for contacting ‘The Ugly Mug I Married’ hotline.Jan 2, 20235Jan 2, 20235
Write Like You’re Wrangling Wild Horses and Burying BodiesThe dysfunctional Duttons of Yellowstone are back for a fifth season, and I’m hooked as a longhorn caught up in a wire fence. Lloyd and the…Nov 21, 2022Nov 21, 2022
Writing Our Way to IndependenceThose around me grow tired and roll their eyes at my unrelenting refrain: Words matter.Jul 4, 2022Jul 4, 2022
The Chicken, The Egg & Our Gun-Scrambled BrainsWe’ve had a couple of days to process the massacre of 19 children and two adults in Uvalde, Texas. Response teams are in place: Grief…May 26, 2022May 26, 2022
Why this Tar Heel is Going to Miss Coach KNo need to adjust your readers or check the calendar. April Fool’s Day hasn’t come early.Mar 24, 2022Mar 24, 2022
