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My Favorite Reads of 2025
A year of relationships, rejection, and re-enchantment
Dec 30, 2025
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Devon Fredericksen
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This Season’s Shadow Side
On scheduling, boundary setting, and leaning into darkness
Dec 8, 2025
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Devon Fredericksen
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How I Shapeshifted to Fit Inside a Man’s World
When being a chameleon woman becomes a disappearing act
Nov 18, 2025
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Devon Fredericksen
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Over the Tuscan Hill
Why I refuse to age gracefully
Oct 28, 2025
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Devon Fredericksen
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The Pleasure of Collective Outrage
What the indignity of long lines can teach us about subverting the system
Oct 13, 2025
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Devon Fredericksen
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Book Giveaway and One-Year Roundup
Sex, politics, and beauty: the year’s most popular themes
Oct 1, 2025
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Devon Fredericksen
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How I Motivate Myself to Write
The best tool I’ve found for getting words on the page
Sep 9, 2025
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Devon Fredericksen
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The Best Rom-Coms I’ve Seen in Recent Years
A snob’s selection
Aug 19, 2025
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Devon Fredericksen
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The Relationship Between Scarcity and Reward
What living on a remote island reminded me about pleasure-seeking
Aug 5, 2025
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Devon Fredericksen
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Are You More of a Friend or a Therapist?
The thrill of being known
Apr 8, 2025
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Devon Fredericksen
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The Complicated Joy of Consumerism
When should we buy happiness?
Mar 10, 2025
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Devon Fredericksen
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How Many Angry Women Does It Take to Smash the Patriarchy?
And is it possible to get pleasure from rage?
Feb 24, 2025
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Devon Fredericksen
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