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"Jane Austen's Bookshelf" spotlights eight women writers, largely lost to history, who influenced the English novelist.

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a whale must be near

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Happy Person Must Either Be Stupid Or Evil theonion.com/happy-p...

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When Ben Folds said “my redneck past is nipping at my heels” I felt that

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@profjennyshaw.bsky.social discusses her book THE WOMEN OF RENDEZVOUS and the story of 5 women who birthed children by the same prominent Barbados politician and enslaver on this episode of Atlantic Theory Podcast 🎙️ Listen here ⤵️ or wherever you get your podcasts 🎧 share.transistor.fm/s/b121667b

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"Samantha 'Sam' Baker wakes up on her 50th birthday. She reaches for the iPhone on the nightstand and feels a tear in her rotator cuff, then heads into the bathroom to pluck the white chin hair that grew overnight." (Happy b-day, Molly Ringwald!)

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I called Britt and Tubs and left long unhinged messages on their machines today. Doubt it will move any kind of needle but it felt good.

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Next time you feel the need to say something ugly about the South as if it’s some sort of red monolith, please remember that most red states are purple and gerrymandering and voter suppression are rampant and think about how you can support vulnerable communities here.

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Just closed my Target debit card and when they asked why I said I didn’t shop at Target anymore because I believe in diversity. She said she would share my feedback with her higher ups. Took five minutes.

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Anyone else have the same vague feeling of dread you had right before the pandemic? Anyway I planted peas and made gluten-free bread for the first time today.

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Niche early 2000s Tuscaloosa/SEC college band question: what was the name of the glam rock cover band that used to play at 4th & 23rd and the like? #toomanybeers #toomanyyears

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This man is six years younger than my good looking husband 🤯

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Tryin' to imagine makin' a billion dollars scribblin' about baby wizards and whatnot, then sittin' in my castle, rage-tweetin' at trans people all day. Guuurl you won at life. It's cool to just sign out and take everyone your ass has ever known to Wingstop.

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Overheard at dance last night: “I thought he was supposed to make groceries go down.” “Well he’s only been there like a week!” A WEEK?! It feels like it’s only been a week to y’all?!

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@aclu.org girl help 😭 www.al.com/news/2025/02...

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When you get to “per my last email” someone who did wrong by your kid >>>

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This reads like the opening paragraph of a novel so bleakly dystopian you'd put it down after five pages

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Wait…you know how poor people voted for Trump because they think rich = smart and Trump’s wealth is something they can realistically aspire to? Is that how Trump sees Elon?

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I Have Thoughts about Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show. www.nathanaeltbooth.com/journal/a-fe...

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"Within a week, I was already experiencing the benefits of intermittent working. My bloodshot eyes faded from red to dark pink, and my back hunch started to unfurl. I found myself forming new thoughts that had nothing to do with performing wage labor."

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Glad I got to see it in October before it got tacky

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Forget perfection—chaos gardening is the low-effort, high-reward way to grow beauty and food. Read editor Sam Simmons' way to embrace the wild and see what surprises bloom. #garden www.thealabamatake.c...

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Who could have predicted this? apnews.com/article/infl...

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New: the AP says it was blocked from an Oval Office event after being informed that it would be barred if it didn’t follow President Trump’s guidance on renaming the Gulf of Mexico

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I wrote about the biggest rap performance of all time, Kendrick’s positioning of anti-Drake-ness as part of a larger pro-Blackness and justice for Serena Williams andscape.com/features/gen...

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