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May 22
huge L for stereogum; great news for the rest of the world: you can hire this brilliant writer RIGHT NOW
May 22
Well. After two really great years I was laid off from Stereogum today
Please do be in touch at abbyfjones@gmail.com with any work leads <3
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i think that whoever said ānothing tastes as good as skinny feelsā has not tasted the satisfaction of telling your physical therapist āitās definitely not an underfueling issueā
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Apr 14
i asked esteemed novelist Sophie Mackintosh a bunch of questions about š¤ love š¤ dirt.fyi/article/2026/04/perā¦
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Feb 25
I am not a "formally" "trained" "print" "journalist" but I think about this every day of my life
Feb 25
The curse of being a formally trained print journalist is knowing the difference between an em dash (ā), an en dash (ā) and a hyphen (-) and having to see normies misuse all three, all of the time.
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Jan 21
My texting teems with so many ellipsesā¦..because for everything one says, there is an equivalent universe of the unsaidā¦ā¦
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Jan 16
UNESCO should safeguard it as Intangible Cultural Heritage
Jan 16
Is the Boston accent ā a dialect that has minted mayors, sabotaged movies, and fueled a robust industry of gift-store mugs ā dying? Hereās what a linguistics professor told the Globeās Beth Teitell. trib.al/5RjqgNo
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Jan 11
you donāt get the earnest yearning emotional complexity of ādancing on my ownā without the winking cringe commitment to the bit that gives us āsexistential.ā sorry if youāre just learning that now :/ or canāt handle it :/
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Jan 7
i manifested this. in case anyone was wondering.
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Marissa marked safe from despair š„²
17 Jun 2024
robyn features are great ofc but a new robyn album would actually be so huge for my mental health
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do you or does someone you know work in food/bev PR, event planning and production (internal or external), or in high end hospitality/guest services? I'd love to buy you a coffee or even shadow you as I look into a hard pivot in 2026. philly or nyc!
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29 Dec 2025
Had a very successful conversation starter with my in-laws last night that you can also use if youāre in a small town in the Northeast: āWhich is the best Dunkin in town?ā Vote evenly split between āthe closest oneā and āthe one on Main Streetā
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27 Dec 2025
yes.. yes!!!
25 Dec 2025
A pony gathers up its courage and jumps over a small step
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18 Dec 2025
the culture is lit and i had a ball
18 Dec 2025
What a year pitchfork.com/features/listsā¦
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15 Dec 2025
So much is horrible all of the time but I want to remind everyone that the Brownville's Food Pantry for Deer, a seasonal 24/7 livestream of deer eating oats and apples, begins feeding for the winter tomorrow morning
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15 Dec 2025
thought of another purpose of my life, which is to keep banging the drum for Strange Mangers until they are rightfully recognized as one of Bostonās greatest musical exports
17 Sep 2025
some days i think i was put on this earth for one job and one job only and it is: to pass along a compliment
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10 Dec 2025
i'm sorry, i have to say this ... and please know i say it in a manner of deep respect ... i can't believe it took me until last night to realize that both members of los thuthanaka are so hot
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3 Dec 2025
If you say it's an off year for rock or, worse, nobody's making interesting guitar records, I will laugh in your face
The list goes on and on (but for now it's capped at 30)
3 Dec 2025
The 30 best rock albums of 2025, featuring Wet Leg, Wednesday, Alex G, caroline, and more pitchfork.com/features/list-ā¦
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