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What does "gossip" mean?
And how bad (or actually productive and prosocial) is it?
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Haley Young
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My relationship, reading takes, dog training, etc: March recap
What I wrote, what I read, where we traveled, and what I'm most looking forward to
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March reading recap
A romantasy rabbit hole, a favorite essay collection, dark corporate surrealism, etc
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On taste, romantasy, thought, and nuance
Everyone has an opinion—and I might not actually care about yours? (Alternatively: I have a lot of thoughts about Fourth Wing.)
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Why "Start a Riot" by Banners is my Empyrean theme song
(And not just because of what we call a group of dragons + riders.) Plus more songs on my crying-over-fictional-characters playlist
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Farewell February. I wrote a lot this month!
Here's where you can read what I wrote, if that sounds like fun.
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February reading recap
Four quick fiction books plus nonfiction reads about light pollution, therapy, endangered animals, creativity, and internet scams.
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My interview with Carol Mithers, author of Rethinking Rescue
It's finally live! An in-depth conversation about the ties between human and domestic animal welfare
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Some things I believe
In no particular order.
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Carpe noctem: Notes on The Darkness Manifesto by Johan Eklöf
"Henceforth if you want me after sunset you will only find me by candlelight." ★5
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Notes on my recent internet searches
"Cattle dog puppy. "Cute cattle dog puppy." "Wombat." How online history captures (and misses) life's little moments
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Brief notes on Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
Parts of it I loved. Parts of it I did not. ★3
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