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Things I Read That I Love #16: Enjoy The Silence

Topics include asexuality, the horrors of delivering Chinese food in NYC, Bill Cosby, women’s novels, Lawrence vs. Texas, post-Katrina Louisiana and the history of the infographic!

By Riese| March 9, 2012 | 10 Comments
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Things I Read That I Love #15: Better Late Than Never

This week’s topics include sorority girls, raising kids these days, neuroenhancing drugs, online shopping warehouse working conditions and so much more!

By Riese| March 3, 2012 | 25 Comments
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A Very Queer Edition of “Things I Read That I Love”

Topics include “The L Word: Not Your Mother’s Lesbians,” “Straight Girl’s Seduction” and “the ambisexual, heteroflexible teen.”

By Riese| February 29, 2012 | 9 Comments
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Things I Read That I Love #14: Your Lucky Day

Today’s topics include audiobooks, long-distance running, exotic pets, murder, Steve Jobs and plagiarism!

By Riese| February 24, 2012 | 19 Comments
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Things I Read That I Love #12

Topics include Hollister, the U.S. prison system, an amusement park about Charles Dickens, Mitt Romney and AshleyMadison.com!

By Riese| February 11, 2012 | 26 Comments
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Things I Read That I Love #11

Topics include Bill O’Reilly’s mental health, botched murder investigations in Baltimore, Downton Abbey, Dan Savage, Brandon Teena and the for-profit Phoenix University.

By Riese| February 3, 2012 | 27 Comments
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Things I Read That I Love #10

Today’s topics include living alone, Grey Gardens, Mary Karr, homophobia at an elite private school in Texas, Victoria Jackson and the influence of Pitchfork.

By Riese| January 27, 2012 | 12 Comments
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Things I Read That I Loved #9: Orange You Glad I Didn’t Say Banana

I read these things and I loved them. No honestly this one I think is especially good.

By Riese| January 16, 2012 | 11 Comments
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Things I Read That I Love #8

Topics include airport security, Stephen Colbert, Forever 21, Lucy Grealy and a surgeon who left his patient on the operating table to go cash his paycheck.

By Riese| January 6, 2012 | 15 Comments
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Things I Read That I Love #7

This week we’ll travel to North Korea, but also to Portland! Topics include oxy addiction, the NBA, wax museums and murder/suicide!

By Riese| December 30, 2011 | 21 Comments
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Things I Read That I Love #6

Topics include pill culture, tough-love teen homes, Lorrie Moore, marketing, plane crashes and Justin Bieber!

By Riese| December 23, 2011 | 21 Comments
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Things I Read That I Love #5: Law & Order Edition Part Two

Humans doing really terrible things to other humans!

By Riese| December 16, 2011 | 18 Comments
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Things I Read That I Love #4

Topics include Trader Joe’s, symbolism, teacher-student affairs, muzack, quinceañeras and The West Memphis Three!

By Riese| December 9, 2011 | 22 Comments
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Things I Read That I Love #3

The internet is a great place to read things!

By Riese| December 4, 2011 | 42 Comments
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Things I Read That I Love #2: Law & Order Edition

True stories about terrible things.

By Riese| November 25, 2011 | 31 Comments
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Things I Read That I Love

I read these things from newspapers, magazines and websites and I think you will like them too.

By Riese| November 18, 2011 | 39 Comments
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