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Object-ives #39: The Jacket That Did Not Belong to My Father

Thoughts on what doesn’t matter after the loss of a parent

12 hrs ago • Ain Khan

Why We’re Nostalgic for the Toys Our Children Have Outgrown with Aymann Ismail

Finders and Keepers episode 10 - What it feels like for a father to watch his kids outgrow their toys and why his longtime street art collection is…

Jun 10 • Open Secrets Magazine and Rachel Kramer Bussel

43:51

Pinch More Than an Inch

The fat-phobic lessons I took away from a Kellogg’s Special K ad when I was twelve taught me to hate my body

Jun 9 • Lu Chekowsky

I Tried AI for “Writing” and the Results Were Disastrous

It stole much more than my ideas

Jun 8 • Sammi LaBue

My Year of “Hobbymaxxing”

Productivity kink, emblem of indecision or sign of a life well-lived?

Jun 6 • Hailey Oppenlander

Object-ives #38: A Box of Slides

What Kodachrome helped me discover about my father

Jun 5 • Suzi Banks Baum

July 2026 Book Club Pick: ‘Adulting for Amateurs: Misadventures of a Geriatric Millennial’ by Jess H. Gutierrez

Join us July 23 at 8:30 p.m. ET for a live interview about aging as a millennial, motherhood, dating as a queer woman, and writing with author Jess H…

Jun 4 • Open Secrets Magazine and Jess H. Gutierrez

Taylor Swift Is My Personal Trainer

Working out while attending The Church of No One Understands Me

Jun 4 • John DeVore

Exploring Gender and Being Non-Binary via Fashion with Alligator Tears author Edgar Gomez

Finders and Keepers Episode 9 - Edgar Gomez discusses finding joy in clothing, the power of wearing fun outfits, gender expression and fashion, and…

Jun 3 • Open Secrets Magazine, Rachel Kramer Bussel, and Edgar Gomez

46:35

Working in a Grocery Store Wasn’t Demeaning, But Being Pitied Was

Ann Larson, author of memoir ‘Cleanup on Aisle Five,’ on what she learned from working retail

Jun 2 • Ann Larson

What It’s Actually Been Like as a Trans Person Working in Gender Affirming Care at a Major Pediatric Hospital in Trump’s America

My five-and-a-half year journey to get...here

Jun 1 • Friendly Neighborhood Tranpa

May 2026

Getting Wet Was the Easiest Part

The nighttime benefits of cold plunging are worth the exposure

May 30 • Kelley Korbin

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