Category: love
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Beau’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer exit interview
You may have heard that Beau recently completed the Herculean task of watching every episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer with me. It was kind of an agreed-upon prerequisite for living with me. I’m very proud of him for not only sticking it out, but also finding much to love about the show. Beau and…
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Like Tiger Woods, I Too Had an Affair
and it was with David Leavitt, and it only recently ended. But unlike Tiger Woods, I am not sorry. I spent the last several months reading Leavitt’s Collected Stories from cover to cover. I loved it. I hope it’s no secret that I love a short story. I do. If I cheat on poetry, it’s…
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Glee is Joy
Last night’s “preview” episode of the fall TV series Glee was awesome. It was fun, was well-written, had some compelling characters, and was–yes–a little moving. It’s created by Ryan Murphy, who also brought us Nip/Tuck and Popular. Glee builds on a lot of the genius that was Popular, is savvy about high school power dynamics,…
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Shameful Pleasures
I’m ready to talk about it finally. One of my biggest and most shameful addictions? It’s not Hilary Duff. It’s not Gossip Girl–not even the Gossip Girl novels I devour while riding the Metro. It’s this: dating & relationship advice for women. I have to admit I’m both horrified and fascinated by it. Take Dating…
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