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I Am Whatever I Say I Am

A persona is a handy thing to have.

— 11/06/2012 Sady
On the Outside Looking Out

Being unpopular wasn’t enough to make me cool.

— 10/10/2012 Anna F.
Ten Rules for Writers

Not even rules, more like hidden truths.

— 09/20/2012 Etgar Keret
The Drama I’d Been Craving

I wanted to be Rayanne Graff, but I should’ve listened to Brian Krakow.

— 09/07/2012 Stephanie
I Was a Teenage Nihilist

If there was no point to life, then there was no way I was turning in my homework.

— 09/05/2012 Pauls Toutonghi
No More Drama

Or at least a little less of it.

— 09/03/2012 Sady
Why Can’t I Be You: Carrie Brownstein

In which we learn how to be a rock star, writer, comedian, and all-around gift to humanity.

— 07/26/2012 Rookie
Sneaking Around

Sometimes you can just push open a door and let yourself out.

— 07/11/2012 Jenny
A Tried and True Map to Paradise

You will never get your act together, and that’s good.

— 06/20/2012 Sarah Sophie Flicker
An Earnest Attempt to Humanize Bullies, Part 5

Confessions of a former mean girl.

— 05/23/2012 Liz Armstrong

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