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Posted inCommentary, Nonfiction, Reading List

Mallory Ortberg’s Favorite Advice Columns

by Longreads February 16, 2016October 19, 2022

Mallory Ortberg answers advice at Dear Prudence and is the co-founder of The Toast. Longreads asked her to tell us about her favorite advice columns.

Posted inCommentary, Nonfiction, Reading List

Mallory Ortberg’s Favorite Advice Columns

by Longreads February 16, 2016October 19, 2022

Mallory Ortberg answers advice at Dear Prudence and is the co-founder of The Toast. Longreads asked her to tell us about her favorite advice columns.

Posted inFiction, Quotes

Mallory Ortberg on the Goofballs of the Western Canon

by heymarkarms October 30, 2014October 19, 2022

I went to the kind of college that really does say, “Here is the Western canon, read it.” Which is definitely not the only thing you want to do with your English major, you definitely want to reach beyond that, but it was pretty traditional in that sense. So I read the Western canon and […]

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

‘It Should Not Take Everything You Have to Turn Down Someone’s Offer for Sex’

by Sam Stecklow October 9, 2014October 19, 2022

Mallory Ortberg, at the Toast, responding to Elizabeth Ellen about consent and saying “no.”

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