On In Fabrication Uproars, At Least Everyone Agrees David Sedaris Is a Liar
I neither like David Sedaris much, nor understand what could possibly lead someone to care about personal writing being "factual."
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On A Book That Seeks to Educate Women About Losers
By the time I got to the end of the title, I needed the inevitable "How to painlessly kill yourself" sequel.
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On Six Reasons To Ignore The 'New York Times' Yoga Article
@cherrispryte Amen.
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On See? You Do So Put the Yogurt "Up There"
This works! And is arguably no grosser than the usual cures.
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On Married People: Just Shun Them
It looks like they combined the amount spent by a single man and a single woman to get at a number comparable to what married couples spend, since the paragraph goes on: "If they got married and combined their incomes, our data shows that they would have spent $4,079 within the same time period."
Which still means that people earning 2.5-3K a month are spending 2.6K not including rent, so either their rents average $400/mo, or credit cards/mom and dad/student loans/inheritance are fucking the numbers.
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On Knock It Off With All The "Pairing," Okay?
When I worked at the Union Square farmer's market, I was instructed to write "pairs well with guava paste" next to the name of one of the cheeses every day.
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On The Oscar Grant Verdict and Aftermath
It's pretty fucked that the maximum sentence for shooting an unarmed, bound guy in the back is 4 years in a state where people are serving life sentences for shoplifting and possession.
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On Sleep Is For The Weak (Or At Least The Women Who Don't Have PDAs)
My non-PDA cellphone is my alarm clock, so I generally wake up clutching it a half hour after the alarm initially went off, roused finally by the sound of my cat yelling for breakfast.
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On Doctors Really Not Testing Drug On Pregnant Women So As To Prevent Lesbianism
@DoctorDisaster
I agree- if anything, doesn't this doctor's offensive justification of her homophobia and misogyny through science point out the very problem with assuming a scientist or medical expert's opinion at the Awl would prevent confusion and disagreement in the comments? Being "a Scientist" doesn't provide some impenetrable objectivity or clarity.
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On In Fabrication Uproars, At Least Everyone Agrees David Sedaris Is a Liar
@Danzig! Could it possibly be because "memoir" is a more profitable genre than "autobiographical fiction"? I imagine that those who care about "honesty" in writing have created this issue by demonstrating willingness to pay for it.