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Helena Fitzgerald

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Growing Old Online

by Carolyn Wells October 12, 2022October 14, 2022

“Millennials, the first generation to be online as kids, are starting to feel like we’ve aged out. Is there a way to age gracefully on the internet?”

Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Featured, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes

What Brings True Happiness: the Booze or the Bonding?

by Krista Stevens January 9, 2020October 19, 2022

“But there’s nothing wrong with a nudge toward examining the difference between what makes us happy and what is merely habitual.”

Posted inHighlight, Quote Posts, Quotes

The Last Place Where No One Is Looking: Embracing the End Times of Snapchat

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands May 21, 2018October 19, 2022

As once-popular Snapchat becomes an increasingly irrelevant platform, Helena Fitzgerald finds beauty in its uselessness.

Posted inNonfiction, Unapologetic Women

Eileen Myles: There’s No Escaping History

by Sari Botton September 13, 2017

The poet and one-time presidential candidate isn’t the least bit surprised by the state of our union.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Punk Poet Eileen Myles on Combating Trump, Capitalism With Art

by Sari Botton September 11, 2017October 19, 2022

A profile of punk poet Eileen Myles, who has a new memoir out, Afterglow, and whose first autobiographical novel, Cool for You, has recently been re-released with an introduction by I Love Dick author Chris Kraus. Myles (who prefers gender-neutral pronouns) has been publishing since the 70s, but has lately been experiencing a new wave […]

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