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This Week, I Think

by Mallory Ortberg · March 24, 2016
"I can't stay mad at you."
Fan Fiction

Everything Like White Elephants

by Mallory Ortberg · May 14, 2014
I fixed "Hills Like White Elephants."
Music

Songs I Never Realized Were About Abortion Until Someone Explained Them To Me

by Mallory Ortberg · January 15, 2014
So many songs are about abortion, but they don't use the word abortion, which I think is sneaky.

More by Mallory Ortberg

  • Christina Rossetti’s “Goblin Market,” As I Understand It

  • Lord Byron’s “Fare Thee Well,” or “I Just Think It’s Funny How”

  • Questions I Have Asked During The Only Episode Of Doctor Who I Have Ever Seen Until My Friend Said “Okay, Mallory, Why Don’t You Write Your Questions Down And Ask Them All After We’re Done Watching?”

  • Joan Didion and Anna Wintour: Best Friends Forever

Beauty

A World Without Coffee Metaphors

by Mallory Ortberg · August 26, 2013
Women's skin, without metaphors.

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