Why the luxury life feels alien
When I emerged onto Twitter in 2015, I felt like I was driving a jalopy on a freeway filled with Teslas
Bridget Phetasy
Thursday
Tuesday
America is too fat for another civil war
It’s not right versus left: it’s Dunkin’ versus Krispy Kreme, battling for the soul of the country
Tuesday
Bowling Alone reads like a nostalgic look at the good ol’ days
However bad Robert Putnam thought it was, it has become considerably worse
A junkie’s pride
I first quit a substance at the tender age of nineteen, when heroin brought me to my knees
Tuesday
The year’s horrors have left me speechless
I fear that the internet is driving me and everyone around me insane
Friday
The new wave of woman hate
Both sides have been co-opted by extremists who also happen to be misogynists
Wednesday
Battle cry of the politically listless
We are stuck in this weird purgatory between what America used to be and what it is becoming
Thursday
Real America is the middle seat in coach
Thoughts from a thirty-six-hour trip home
I regret my promiscuity
Casual sex is fraught with insecurity and miscommunication
Monday
Why antivax is back
Something changed post-Covid — and it may explain RFK Jr.’s rise in the polls
Sunday
You can never escape the suburbs
How I learned to stop worrying and love the ’burbs
Sunday
Moving house sucks
It’s unsettling to dismantle your life and peek into every nook and cranny after decades of gathering stuff
Thursday
A lament for the Los Angeles we lost — and why I’m off
As much trash as I’ve talked about this city, this state, it’s the closest thing to home I’ve had
Sunday
Confessions of the mommy groupchat
Every woman, pregnant or not, needs a Grumpy Mommy Compound
Wednesday
In defense of paranoia
Social media is the jet fuel that melts the steel beams of skepticism
Monday
Have yourself a very basic Christmas
Normal is nice. Basic is beautiful
Sunday
It’s the parallel economy, stupid!
When they said ‘build your own internet,’ some conservatives took it seriously
Tuesday
I wanted to leave California before it was cool
We can’t pretend that the problems ravaging the state are new
Monday
Why I’ll never make it in stand-up
It’s the hardest, most unforgiving performance medium on the planet
Monday
I apologize for my white baby
How can I extol the virtues of anti-racism while birthing another white person?
