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I grew up in suburbia. And as soon as I was old enough, I fled. I never wanted to look back. I associated the suburban sprawl, the strip malls, the antiseptic lawns and subdivisions, and the sense of conformity to be too constricting and oppressive for me. Years later, when I came out as gay, […]

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Watch for piles of synonyms! They usually herald an important cultural phenomenon that we are trying in as many ways as possible to understand. Take the word “tired” — not just “sleepy,” but “exhausted, weary, fatigued, and drained,” even “fed up, disillusioned, and disenchanted,” the opposite of “inspired, stimulated, motivated and enthused.” I mean the […]

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