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Bomb City
It started as a joke, or something like it—what would happen if I dropped acid and listened to some of the music that got me through those angsty years.
Feb 6, 2024 • Lauren Hough
Get in
What if we’re not afraid enough.
Jul 20, 2022 • Lauren Hough
I've got a few left
I want to tell you something about women who swear.
Aug 10, 2023 • Lauren Hough
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Chappell Roan Doesn't Owe You Shit
Aug 25, 2024 • Lauren Hough
You don't get a new dick. I'm sorry.
Jul 31, 2024 • Lauren Hough
Sinead.
Jul 26, 2023 • Lauren Hough
This is who we are.
Nov 6, 2024 • Lauren Hough
You're being dramatic
Nov 1, 2024 • Lauren Hough
Don't Look Down Either
Dec 7, 2023 • Lauren Hough
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A funny thing that happens when you’re a writer is you find yourself in text and dm threads with other writers, the subject of which is mostly all the…
Jan 4, 2023 • Lauren Hough
A quick note on paid posts
Just a quick note on locked posts: Anytime I lock a post, I hear from people wondering why.
Sep 29, 2022 • Lauren Hough
Dolly Parton, Nashville TN
on obsession
Apr 14, 2022 • Lauren Hough
How's your... whatever
They murdered a poet.
Jan 14 • Lauren Hough
A Post Christmas Post about Italian Sadists
I was planning on writing something easy here—phone it in by making you laugh.
Dec 27, 2025 • Lauren Hough
Winning Therapy
I drove three days and drove three more and I’m home now, or the place I call home and all I know is it’s not now.
Dec 15, 2025 • Lauren Hough
Cover Boy
Y’all.
Dec 3, 2025 • Lauren Hough
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Essays, bad jokes, rants, and unsolicited advice from New York Times bestselling author Lauren Hough, and a dog named Woody Guthrie.
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