Jenni Berrett
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Stress-free Interneting is of utmost importance this week. We've got you covered.
Read...At some point intellect has to make room for something bigger, for something scarier than just about anything. In order to truly learn something, you have to be vulnerable. You have to walk in and set your broken parts on the table and say, “Here, fix it. Or at least be broken with me.”
Read...In the midst of struggling with being depressed, you’re also saddled with the practical realities of staying alive. It’s no easy feat.
Read..."I had always pictured myself spending afternoons studying there. I instead found myself curled up on one of those benches at five in the morning, promising the crises hotline operator that no, I did not want to kill myself. I just didn’t know who else to call."
Read...Here we are, your fearless Internet explorers (pun totally intended), back with another melange of web flotsam for you to scavenge.
Read...Marina, if you're reading this, please be our BFF.
Read...I don’t think the bar is low enough. We obviously need a way to work up to the Bechdel Test. Baby steps. And we all know women love babies.
Read...The premise is pretty simple: We each give you one thing to watch, one thing to listen to, and one thing to read over the weekend.
Read...There has been a lot of discussion about the who of this ten dollar bill. We have until 2020, but there are already some popular suggestions: Harriet Tubman. Rosa Parks. Eleanor Roosevelt.
Read...Culturally speaking, though, it’s pretty much set in stone. Even if I left the church entirely, there’s no getting out of my heritage. Cut me open; I’ll bleed funeral potatoes. I’m what you call a “legacy Mormon” — my ancestors migrated across the frontier and settled in Utah (then Mexico) after facing unspeakable persecution from countless communities in the United States. You probably know my ancestors best as the people with the wives.
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