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Jun 7, 2022

Zodiac Reading List

My latest novel Exalted is about a cynical internet astrologer. I started writing it because I was reading birth charts online at the time, collecting all this useless knowledge and feeling like a scam artist. Like my protagonist, I was obsessed with astrology but I wasn’t sure I believed in…

Astrology

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Zodiac Reading List
Zodiac Reading List
Astrology

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The Shadow

·Feb 2, 2021

Interviewing My Ex Girlfriend About Her Novel

U Up? drops today — Author Catie Disabato is my ex-girlfriend. Unlike her U Up? protagonist Eve and her ex Bea, Catie and I are on good terms. We continue to exchange writing and are even in the same writing group. We were dating for most of Catie’s drafting of U Up?, and in the…

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Interviewing My Ex Girlfriend About Her Novel
Interviewing My Ex Girlfriend About Her Novel
Pineapple2021

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The Shadow

·Feb 1, 2021

Constitutional Law 101

A lapsed lawyer breaks it down — My book Bad Lawyer drops this May. It’s about my wack experiences in law school, courthouses, and law offices. The idea is to demystify law as a revered profession. And in anticipation of its release, I’ve decided to write a series of accessible and hopefully entertaining primers on legal topics…

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Constitutional Law 101
Constitutional Law 101
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The Shadow

·Jan 18, 2021

To Medicate or Not To Medicate?

The great psychotropic mindfuck — I’ve always fantasized about walking into my therapist’s office, lowering my sunglasses, and announcing: “well, I’m cured!” Sometimes I feel that way, when I’m on an upswing. I’ll talk to my therapist like I’m the most neurotypical person on the planet. “Anxiety? I don’t know her!” But as preeminent anxiety…

Anxiety

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To Medicate or Not To Medicate?
To Medicate or Not To Medicate?
Anxiety

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Human Parts

·Jan 11, 2021

Don’t Fall for the ‘Twin Flame’ Trap

It’s just woo-woo-speak for toxic codependency — Last year, I was eating a salad and watching Bravo’s Southern Charm when cast member Madison LeCroy called her on-again, off-again boyfriend Austen her “twin flame.” A piece of lettuce fell out of my mouth. I’d been reading a lot about twin flames at the time, mostly because my messy…

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Don’t Fall for the ‘Twin Flame’ Trap
Don’t Fall for the ‘Twin Flame’ Trap
Pineapple2021

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Jan 4, 2021

Bad Year; Good Content

2020 in review Normally these types of lists come out before the new year, but who cares about time anymore? 2020 was a weird one. A virus named for a Mexican lager ravaged planet Earth. The US government fucked up even more than usual. The chaos queen was voted out…

Year In Review

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Bad Year; Good Content
Bad Year; Good Content
Year In Review

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Human Parts

·Dec 11, 2020

Starving Myself Straight

Coming to terms with my sexual anorexia — In her 2000 novel Aliens and Anorexia, Chris Kraus writes that it’s “impossible to conceive a female life that might extend outside itself.” That is, we expect women to be insular, private, shrinking. …

This Is Us

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Starving Myself Straight
Starving Myself Straight
This Is Us

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Human Parts

·Aug 26, 2020

Not That Kind of Virgo

We aren’t all the Excel-loving, clean-freaks you think we are — I’ve always been annoyed by popular conceptions of the Virgo sun sign (which generally belongs to those born between August 23 and September 22). Most distill it to the following attributes: clean, logical, persnickety, and — worst of all — Virginal. I never saw myself this way. I can be…

Astrology

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Not That Kind of Virgo
Not That Kind of Virgo
Astrology

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Human Parts

·May 20, 2020

Editing Ourselves Into Oblivion

Where does the real me end and the fictional one begin? — In her 2010 experimental novel, How a Person Should Be, Sheila Heti writes that “most people live their entire lives with their clothes on.” They are private and possess a natural modesty. Others, artists, she writes, cannot put their clothes on. …

Writing

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Editing Ourselves Into Oblivion
Editing Ourselves Into Oblivion
Writing

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Mar 24, 2020

Quarantine Reading List

Amidst a nationwide quarantine, I keep seeing calls for a return to reading. LA’s Skylight Books is offering free-shipping. LitHub is providing personalized quarantine book recommendations. Book-sharing website LibraryThing is now “free to all.” …

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Quarantine Reading List
Quarantine Reading List

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