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Should I Have Kids?
On being classified "geriatric" in the absence of knowing.
Mar 6 • Grace McClure
The Lines I Didn't Publish (No.2)
Notes from behind the editors desk: What didn’t make the latest essay (and why).
Apr 2 • Grace McClure
It’s Just You Thinking About You
On the freedom of recognizing our own unimportance
Mar 19 • Grace McClure
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The Lines I Didn't Publish (No.1)
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The Lines I Didn't Publish (No.2)
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No One is Coming For You
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The Lines I Didn't Publish (No.1)
Notes from behind the editors desk: What didn’t make the latest essay (and why)
Mar 10 • Grace McClure
The Messy Middle
On living between the old and the new, the departed and the yet-to-arrive.
Feb 26 • Grace McClure
Being Disliked is a Green Flag
Criticism is not a character flaw. It’s proof of life.
Feb 18 • Grace McClure
No One is Coming For You
On looking yourself dead in the eyes and choosing to be seen.
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Creation Before Clarity
The case for creating your way into knowing.
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Some Things Are Just Itchy
On self-sabotage, illness, and the urge to explain it away.
Jan 15 • Grace McClure
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