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Friday Thread: What Makes a Good Boss?
Today’s Friday Thread idea comes from Cheryl, who asks:
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Culture Study Culture Club: Best/Worst Political Memes
Still anything but a book club
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An Expansive Ocean (at Perfect Temperature) of Links & Recs
Plus: My Not Fancy European Packing List
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Friday Open Chaos Thread
Today we’re going to try something wild and potentially wondrous: a totally open thread.
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Tuesday Thread: What Are You Watching, Peak of Summer Edition
Summer is for reality television, catching up on prestige television you missed or avoided a decade in the past, and rewatching movies Twister (…
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Friday Thread: What You've (Recently) Learned About Yourself
Some prompts for Friday Threads come from our periodic “Ideas for Future Threads” prompts, which means all of you are responsible for some of ou…
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What Are You Reading: Summer Genre Fiction Edition
I’m gearing up to record an episode of The Culture Study Podcast with the owners of a really amazing romance bookstore which reminds me that we …
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June 2024

Friday Thread: The Nicest Thing
I can’t talk about last night’s debate. I will direct you to Ezra Klein’s ever-more persuasive piece: Democrats Have a Better Option Than Biden.…
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Friday Thread: Life Skills
Today’s Friday Thread prompt comes from Megan, who asks: As a grownass woman and now a parent of 2 kids, I am kept up at night reflecting on "li…
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Tuesday Thread: Clothes Maintenance & Repair
Last week I recorded an episode of The Culture Study Podcast with Virginia Sole-Smith about *jeans feelings,* and one of the listener questions …
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Friday Thread: What is Going on With Kids' Allowance?
This week’s episode of The Culture Study Podcast was all about Sephora Teens, and one of our main points of discussion was where do the kids get the…
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Tuesday Thread: What Are You Reading?? (June Edition)
Have you ever read a book that feels like it keeps getting longer? That’s how I felt about The Book of Love, which I started right after last mo…
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