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Is Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras Tour’ The Younger Generation’s Woodstock?

People had to only stand in the parking lot to feel peace and love, after a pandemic with a million lost.

Jul 20, 2023

Is Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras Tour’ The Younger Generation’s Woodstock?

Jul 20, 2023

Will You Please Answer Our Brief 55-Question Survey, For No Compensation?

The survey will take no more than 20 minutes you don’t have.

Apr 13, 2022

Will You Please Answer Our Brief 55-Question Survey, For No Compensation?

Apr 13, 2022

I Made A Lot Of Baseless Assumptions About The Beatles Before I Saw ‘Get Back,’ And Now That I’ve…

Before I saw the new eight-hour Beatles documentary “Get Back,” I was sure that Yoko Ono, or possibly Linda McCartney, or maybe Ringo Starr…

Mar 13, 2022

I Made A Lot Of Baseless Assumptions About The Beatles Before I Saw ‘Get Back,’ And Now That I’ve…

Mar 13, 2022

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Slackjaw

Get Your Deposits In For Camp Mite-Not-Happn

We’ve got a plan, as well as three backup plans in case things go south again.

May 6, 2021

Get Your Deposits In For Camp Mite-Not-Happn

May 6, 2021

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Slackjaw

Avocados On Tinder

The time is always ripe for avocados.

Apr 28, 2021

Avocados On Tinder

Apr 28, 2021

Things That Were Ironic In 2020, Since Your Wedding Day-ay-ay Was Canceled

(Rain Or Shine)

Jan 4, 2021

Things That Were Ironic In 2020, Since Your Wedding Day-ay-ay Was Canceled

Jan 4, 2021

The case for honest fear

Why would anyone be embarrassed to be scared while those around them are dying? Why are we turned against honest emotion?

Apr 19, 2020

The case for honest fear

Apr 19, 2020

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Slackjaw

My New Year’s Resolutions For Everyone Else

Resolve to read and heed these in 2020

Jan 1, 2020

My New Year’s Resolutions For Everyone Else

Jan 1, 2020

New Year’s Eve is coming — the deadliest time for domestic violence

Yet, men on the internet are still finding ways to blame the (murdered) victims

Dec 16, 2019

New Year’s Eve is coming — the deadliest time for domestic violence

Dec 16, 2019

The ‘Squirt Bottle’ Affair: Two 6-Year-Olds, A Walk, And An Unknown Liquid

Are the ‘free-range’ childhoods of the 1980s glamorized a little too much?

Dec 5, 2019

The ‘Squirt Bottle’ Affair: Two 6-Year-Olds, A Walk, And An Unknown Liquid

Dec 5, 2019

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GEN

Rethinking Our Relationship With Loneliness

How can we bring ‘holiday orphans’ together without it doing more harm than good?

Nov 26, 2019

Rethinking Our Relationship With Loneliness

Nov 26, 2019

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Slackjaw

Zagat Reviews of Your Neighbors’ Halloween Giveaways

How to know where to go trick-or-treating this year

Oct 31, 2019

Zagat Reviews of Your Neighbors’ Halloween Giveaways

Oct 31, 2019

Seven Ways You Can Earn $$$ on Medium That Aren’t Completely Unrealistic or Bizarre

You can do it without having a lot of tech knowledge, or exposing your deepest secrets

Oct 28, 2019

Seven Ways You Can Earn $$$ on Medium That Aren’t Completely Unrealistic or Bizarre

Oct 28, 2019

Newsflash: Not Every Domestic Violence Story in the News Has to Be Commented on By a Man Who Hates…

October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Let’s focus on saving lives, not your own hatred

Oct 27, 2019

Newsflash: Not Every Domestic Violence Story in the News Has to Be Commented on By a Man Who Hates…

Oct 27, 2019

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Slackjaw

I Can’t Wait To Take My Family On A Two-Hour Drive To Go Apple-Picking

The apples will taste much better than the ones at the farmer’s market on the corner and the new Trader Joe’s down the street

Oct 17, 2019

I Can’t Wait To Take My Family On A Two-Hour Drive To Go Apple-Picking

Oct 17, 2019

Can pumpkin drinks turn you into an addict?

What’s the line between ‘guilty pleasure’ and ‘unhealthy,’ anyway?

Oct 6, 2019

Can pumpkin drinks turn you into an addict?

Oct 6, 2019

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Human Parts

A Shy Kid With a Head Full of Spooky Stories

Thirty years ago I promised to stay true to my talents. It worked out.

Sep 27, 2019

A Shy Kid With a Head Full of Spooky Stories

Sep 27, 2019

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GEN

Eulogy for a Small-Town Paper

RIP the Hoboken Reporter (1983–2019)

Aug 23, 2019

Eulogy for a Small-Town Paper

Aug 23, 2019

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The Writing Cooperative

How to Write About Yourself Without Being Boring (And Get It Published Too)

Sometimes the most mundane events make a good story

Aug 15, 2019

How to Write About Yourself Without Being Boring (And Get It Published Too)

Aug 15, 2019

Published in
GEN

Did Andrea from ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ Cheat to Get Into Yale?

An investigation into whether iconic TV sitcom characters from the 1990s may have benefited from the college admissions scandal

Aug 6, 2019

Did Andrea from ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ Cheat to Get Into Yale?

Aug 6, 2019

Caren Lissner

Caren Lissner

Author of nerdy novel CARRIE PILBY (film version‘s on Netflix). Finishing up offbeat memoir. Love dogs & puns. Read more: http://carenlissner.com.

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