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The allure of romantic matchmaking
On our (my?) cultural obsession with matchmaking reality TV, Yente, how picky is too picky, and against settling
May 15
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Caroline Calvert
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April 2023
The myth of the cute pregnancy
On adjusting to the unexpectedly grotesque, grappling with ugliness, and reckoning with the reality of forced unwanted pregnancy
Apr 12
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Caroline Calvert
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December 2022
Turtleneck Round-Up Season: 10 Books I'm Still Thinking About, 2022 Edition
And what's on my library hold list for 2023
Dec 1, 2022
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Caroline Calvert
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November 2022
Stepping back from the House of Windsor
On Prince William fanfiction, Anglophilia, the Crown, and the obsolescence of royalty
Nov 17, 2022
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Caroline Calvert
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Passports to belonging and the elusive travel shoe
Mutability, inscrutability, blending in, fashion, and who can call themselves a citizen
Nov 10, 2022
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Caroline Calvert
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August 2022
How To Find Community ... with John Wilson
Trying to find your people, pop-ups, Deadhead subculture, and John Wilson on HBO.
Aug 23, 2022
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Caroline Calvert
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Happy wife, happy life
On cities, geographic claustrophobia, belonging, anonymity, and searching for something outside yourself.
Aug 2, 2022
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Caroline Calvert
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July 2022
The insupportable burden of summer
On summer's impossible promise, NY vs. LA, the loneliness of the farmer's market, seasonal yearning.
Jul 24, 2022
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Caroline Calvert
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June 2022
Fuck this.
Looking for hope from underneath the covers.
Jun 26, 2022
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Caroline Calvert
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May 2022
The cult of the dog mom
How hearing my boyfriend refer to me as "mommy" in front of a puppy changed my life?
May 17, 2022
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Caroline Calvert
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April 2022
Where is the sequel to the marriage plot?
Rom com finales, the proliferation of the marriage-based reality TV, the backlash against a marriage memoir, and the great unknowns of long-term…
Apr 20, 2022
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Caroline Calvert
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Ports of entry
On border crossings, refuge, "arbitrary and capricious" standards, and permeability
Apr 7, 2022
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Caroline Calvert
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