"Today, one of the best predictors of one’s political orientation is the density of the neighborhood they live in; people who live in the suburbs are also more likely to get their news from broadcast and local television. Taken together, this means suburbanites see fewer strangers in their everyday lives, and fill that void with … Continue reading Outer Limits — Real Life
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Secondhand Lonely
"'Show? To who? Girl, I got my mind. And what goes on in it. Which is to say, I got me.' 'Lonely, ain’t it?' Nel’s question sticks out in my mind like the point of an index finger toward a shameful secret unfurled before a judgmental public. Lonely, ain’t it. 'Yes. But my lonely is … Continue reading Secondhand Lonely
