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I Couldn't Help But Wonder...
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An Imperfect Day for Bananafish
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Dr. Bronner busted out of the bin
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The Sylvia Plath Effect: Is Craziness A Prerequisite for Writing?
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~ Spooky Season Special ~ Dracula, Syphilis, and Oscar Wilde
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"Rug-making—there’s a fascinating pursuit!"
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Santa's Sad Sack: Holiday joy is fickle as hell
Yule be happy to learn that the holidays are either very cool or patently shit but never in between
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Prozac: Special Golden Boy or Red-Headed Stepchild?
The 90s were a weird time.
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Thanksgiving: The Proposed Cure for a Nation With Really, Really Bad PTSD
Lincoln was like "so that war is bad. You can have a little holiday as a treat"
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~Spooky Season Special~ Black cats and fecal follies
We're going bat-shit crazy today
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~ Spooky Season Special ~ Betty Ren Wright, the Bad Bitch of Tween Ghost Stories
If you read these books, please let me know.
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~ Spooky Season Special ~ Dracula, Syphilis, and Oscar Wilde
It's October again!!! Yay!!!
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The Sylvia Plath Effect: Is Craziness A Prerequisite for Writing?
Spoiler: No.
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Crazy/Old
Crazy/Old
Vibrators, lithium, and guinea pigs. Writing about history, mental health, & the extremely weird history of mental healthcare.
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