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Netflix’s Moxie and the End of the Popular Girl

Are we finally ready to stop worshipping at her altar? — Once upon a time in teen America, you had to be white, slim, and pretty to be popular. You had to be sexually desirable. You had to dress well. The boys had to want you; the girls had to want to be you. It certainly helped if you came from…

Culture

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Netflix’s Moxie and the End of the Popular Girl
Netflix’s Moxie and the End of the Popular Girl
Culture

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Human Parts

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Combing Through My Dead Dad’s Gmail Account

On digital heirlooms and ongoing conversations — A recent Wall Street Journal article, “The Family Heirlooms That Our Children Don’t Want,” apparently resonated with millennials, as many of my peers were sharing it on social media. The gist is that boomer parents have a lot of stuff, and often, for various reasons, their adult children don’t want…

Life

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Combing Through My Dead Dad’s Gmail Account
Combing Through My Dead Dad’s Gmail Account
Life

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My Year in Scholastic Indentured Servitude

Work-study was my way to a college education. But was spending time on a useless, low-paid job really worth it? — Ask someone about the worst job they ever had and you’re likely in for a story. A babysitting gig from hell. A Steinbeck-esque tale about toiling in a fish-canning factory. Workplace bullying. Sexual harassment. Safety violations. Unreasonable demands. Unpaid overtime. I’ve had some bad jobs, but to be honest, I’m…

College

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My Year in Scholastic Indentured Servitude
My Year in Scholastic Indentured Servitude
College

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May 12

Collecting, Obsession, and Wealth

What an odd natural history museum taught me about privilege and the human desire to acquire — This past year, I made it my personal mission to visit as many local museums as possible. The more bizarre or niche, the better. One of the first on my list was the Natural History Museum at Tring. Yes, it’s a slightly creepy and probably haunted Victorian building containing the…

Memoir

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Collecting, Obsession, and Wealth
Collecting, Obsession, and Wealth
Memoir

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Apr 29, 2021

Our Jobs Don’t Define Us

But they can remind us of who we might become — Our jobs don’t define who we are, not really. We all know that. We’ve read the tweets, laughed at the memes. And yet, here we remain. Asking people what they do. Including details about our professions in our online bios. Defining ourselves and others by what’s printed on our payslips…

Work

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Our Jobs Don’t Define Us
Our Jobs Don’t Define Us
Work

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Apr 14, 2021

Things About Writing I Wish I Knew When I Was Younger

Five vital lessons I learned along the way — Many writers and creatives are obsessed with time travel. The potential of going back and making different choices naturally appeals to our imaginations and our very way of working. In a sense, we write in time machines — we can always scroll up in a document or flip back a…

Writing

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Things About Writing I Wish I Knew When I Was Younger
Things About Writing I Wish I Knew When I Was Younger
Writing

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Apr 13, 2021

I’ve Fallen out of Love With Food

How a year of eating at home has ended my lifelong love affair — The other day, I was sitting on my couch, minding my own sweat-pant-wearing business, when an email landed in my inbox. An update from a blog I subscribe to. A new recipe for a kale and shaved brussels sprout salad. Upon opening this email, a painful malaise struck me, like…

Food

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I’ve Fallen out of Love With Food
I’ve Fallen out of Love With Food
Food

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Mar 29, 2021

5 Unexpected Ways My Dog Has Improved My Life

Dogs offer so much more than just companionship — Dogs make great companions — that much we all know. When a dog comes into your life, you gain a loyal friend, a pal to keep your loneliness at bay, which has been particularly relevant in this era of social distancing. You have someone to talk to in silly voices…

Dogs

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5 Unexpected Ways Having a Dog Has Improved My Life
5 Unexpected Ways Having a Dog Has Improved My Life
Dogs

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Human Parts

·Mar 24, 2021

How to Survive a Creative Winter

Sometimes, being a writer means letting go of your goals — We hear it incessantly: We’re living in unprecedented times. Something we hear just as often but talk about a lot less is this: We’re all under constant pressure to use this unprecedented time. Everyone, it seems, has been taking up hobbies, baking banana bread, nurturing houseplants and sourdough starters, developing…

Writing

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How to Survive a Creative Winter
How to Survive a Creative Winter
Writing

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Mar 11, 2021

Why I Can’t Unfollow Pandemic-Ignoring Influencers

It’s easy to follow health guidelines, but it’s much harder to look away — Once upon a time, social media was a way to connect with people we knew — Classmates.com, Myspace, Facebook. Then it was a way to connect with people we wanted to know and who hopefully wanted to know us — Twitter, Tinder, LinkedIn. Now, it’s voyeuristic, a place for us…

Social Media

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Why I Can’t Unfollow Pandemic-Ignoring Influencers
Why I Can’t Unfollow Pandemic-Ignoring Influencers
Social Media

5 min read

Carly J Hallman

Carly J Hallman

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Just another 30-something writing about the internet, nostalgia, culture, entertainment, and life. Author, screenwriter, copywriter. www.carlyjhallman.com

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