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Culture Study

Think more about the culture that surrounds you

By Anne Helen Petersen
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Tuesday Thread: The First Great Song You Chose on Your Own A few weeks ago, my pal Elamin tweeted a quote from Hua Hsu’s memoir Stay True (which has received a lot of mileage in this newsletter, but I’m …
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Friday Thread: Organizing/Smoothing/Simplifying Your Online LifeThis Friday’s Thread prompt is admittedly self-centered: my online life feels out of control. Personally, I blame Google’s inability to keep a handle on the increase in spam, which has resulted in a newly innovative email from someone telling me I’ve purchased McAfee software in…
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Get Your Hot Hot Links!!!Breaking News, Northern Hemisphere: Winter is almost over. I mean, clearly it is not, but for me, particularly now that I live in the Pacific Northwest, the end of January marks the top of the winter mountain. Truly, it’s all better weather from here. Sure, we might end up with…
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Friday Thread: A Childhood ArtifactA few week ago, the Friday Thread focused on what you’ve lost and found — and I was unexpectedly moved by a post about a much loved stuffed anim…
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