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It’s not that bad things never happen. But there’s a pattern in which most people are calm, resourceful, altruistic, and they improvise emergency systems that work really well – whether it’s getting the babies out of a collapsed hospital or putting together a community kitchen to feed everybody for the next few months.

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Men explain things to me, still. And no man has ever apologized for explaining, wrongly, things that I know and they don’t. Not yet, but according to the actuarial tables, I may have another fortysomething years to live, more or less, so it could happen. Though I’m not holding my breath.

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Middle school’ is used as shorthand for a time when things change. It’s a time a lot of kids feel like they don’t even have one good friend.

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May 25, 2024

Middle school’ is used as shorthand for a time when things change. It’s a time a lot of kids feel like they don’t even have one good friend.

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May 25, 2024

Men explain things to me, still. And no man has ever apologized for explaining, wrongly, things that I know and they don’t. Not yet, but according to the actuarial tables, I may have another fortysomething years to live, more or less, so it could happen. Though I’m not holding my breath.

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