My boyfriend wants to pay my expenses. Am I a bad feminist if I let him?
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The surprising thing I learned from quitting Spotify
Last summer, I quit Spotify, and wrote about it with the rather unsubtle headline “Why I quit Spotify.” My reasons ...
Introverts should (sometimes) act like extroverts
If I ever need a reminder that I’m not a natural extrovert, I need only to look at the journal ...
She lived in an underground bunker for 10 days. Here’s what she learned.
In a Cold War-era bunker-turned-Airbnb situated 50 feet below ground in Arkansas, journalist Lynne Peeples conducted an experiment to better ...
Why you need one meaningful social interaction a day
On the days when he’s not in front of a classroom of students, University of Kansas professor Jeffrey Hall is ...
My 93-year-old grandma has the best advice for throwing a great party
The US, apparently, is becoming increasingly averse to parties. As The Atlantic noted last month, only an average of 4.1 ...
The beginner’s guide to building an emergency fund
Because life is unpredictable and a major expense is one accident away, popular wisdom maintains that all adults should have ...
I care a lot about climate change. Does that mean I can never ever fly?
Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a new framework for thinking through your ethical dilemmas and ...
Major change doesn’t have to wreck your friendships
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Get out of your chair every hour and 11 other ways to improve your life in 2025
If you’re reading this, you probably know there’s no shortage of advice — good, bad, middling — in our digital ...
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