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One of countless helpful insights in Big Friendship by ⁦@annfriedman⁩ and ⁦@aminatou⁩: Radical honesty and intimacy in one friendship can enrich all of your other relationships, and also motivate you

Until you understand your own complex mix of neediness and avoidance, it’s very hard not to resent other people for their complexities, too.https://www.thecut.com/2020/05/ask-polly-my-ex-keeps-emailing-me-and-i-hate-it.html Self-acceptanc

Viewing @SubstackInc as a business model for celebrity writers feels incomplete without a deeper understanding of the platform’s role as a *creative* lifeline for journalists & writers accustomed to the

Being honest and asking your friends for what you want is incredibly hard, but it will make your friendships healthier *and* make you a better friend to them.https://www.thecut.com/2020/05/ask-polly-why-do-my-friendships-always-fade-away.html Your co

Deleting your own tweets on a whim is healthy and righteous. "Tweet sloppily, delete brazenly" is my motto. Also: "Retweet praise according to your hungry ego's shifting appetites, bored followers

Be honest with each other. That means you have to make lots of room for another human animal to show up, with all of the greedy, disappointing desires and flaws

When read multiple articles about the pandemic, it's easy to forget that *you personally* are not in charge of making better antibody tests, preventing people from packing into air-conditioned arenas,

"The everyday efforts we make to prevent kids’ distress—minimizing things that worry them or scare them, assisting with difficult tasks rather than letting them struggle—may not help them manage it

20,000 deaths in the U.S. and I'm seeing a lot of lifestyle pieces about what to watch and how consumers are spending their money. Where are the faces of the

You know what people never told me about writing when I was younger? It's simple. You find a way to make other people feel what you feel, or what you