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Every weekly Edit — career, style, restaurants, life upgrades, and whatever else happens to be living rent-free in my brain that week.

· 11 min read

Issue No. 27: The Story Can Be True. The Punishment Can Still Be Too Much.

This week: when an honest complaint becomes disproportionate punishment (TY Kelly Clarkson), the AI jobs women are being left out of, a Santana Row date night worth the Resy credit and the sandals that

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Issue No. 27: The Story Can Be True. The Punishment Can Still Be Too Much.
· 12 min read

Issue No. 26: Are You Gaslighting Me—or Do You Really Believe Your Own Version?

The difference between a bad memory and a reality rewrite, why I process arguments approximately two business days late, one very good LA dinner, and the little things making life easier this week. Career.

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Issue No. 26: Are You Gaslighting Me—or Do You Really Believe Your Own Version?
· 12 min read

Issue No. 25: My Husband Is My Best Friend. That Might Be Too Much of a Job.

On being your partner’s person without becoming his entire social infrastructure. Plus: the expensive new version of “effortless,” birthday blues, four restaurants worth saving and a personal AI assistant that would like access

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Issue No. 25: My Husband Is My Best Friend. That Might Be Too Much of a Job.
· 7 min read

Issue No. 24: I Keep Trying to Do Everything. Sometimes I Do Nothing Instead.

I turned 31, launched The Niitty Griitty and learned that sometimes a deadline is more useful than another private plan. Plus: two very good dinners, a neutral outfit worth repeating and the marble tray

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Issue No. 24: I Keep Trying to Do Everything. Sometimes I Do Nothing Instead.
· 13 min read

Issue No. 23: We’re all drinking less. Unfortunately, we still have to talk to each other.

Alcohol may be losing its grip on the group chat, but the awkward first hour of the party is alive and well. This week: what replaces the social shortcut, why I built The Niitty

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Issue No. 23: We’re all drinking less. Unfortunately, we still have to talk to each other.
· 11 min read

Issue No. 22: The clean girl doesn’t exist. She just leaves before the bathroom confession.

Somewhere between the slicked bun and the group photo, someone is crying over a toilet and finally telling the truth. This week: why composure is not proof, the foreign high-school drama that understood

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Issue No. 22: The clean girl doesn’t exist. She just leaves before the bathroom confession.
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Issue No. 21: ChatGPT doesn’t understand you. You might not care.

I used AI to process a friendship spiral after exhausting my entire phone book—and accidentally learned why feeling heard can matter more than getting good advice. Plus: a Russian River trip held together by bungees and denial, two survival-approved outfits, an extremely necessary bathroom-counter i

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Issue No. 21: ChatGPT doesn’t understand you. You might not care.
· 10 min read

Issue No. 20: Hypothetically, if someone at work told you to shut the f*ck up...

A wildly inappropriate workplace story made me wonder why the person being disrespected is still expected to respond perfectly. Plus: the Bay Area barbecue I’d choose over Texas, two outfits for very different plans, products earning permanent real estate, and a tiny tribute to one of my formative p

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Issue No. 20: Hypothetically, if someone at work told you to shut the f*ck up...