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2026 116

  1. 15 things Danny consumed this week
  2. Dear Danny: My boyfriend throws tantrums
  3. What Happened!? (Part 1)
  4. An all-time nonfiction reading list
  5. 15 Things Mallory Consumed This Week
  6. You feel ugly, unstylish
  7. Dear Babies: My big brave breakup didn’t usher me toward bigger love
  8. Proust, Morandi, & taking a lot of time
  9. Goodbye but only kinda!
  10. 15 things Danny consumed this week
  11. #284: Baby is coming
  12. 15 things I consumed this week
  13. My pregnancy diary
  14. #283: My boyfriend’s insomnia has me spinning out
  15. 15 things I consumed this week
  16. Dear Danny: Married to him, in love with her
  17. #282: Movies “for women”
  18. 15 things I consumed this week
  19. #281: You, with a layer of paranoia shaved off
  20. 15 things I consumed this week
  21. How moving cities changes with age
  22. #280: When alcoholism runs in the family
  23. #279: The (dismal?) state of shopping
  24. 15 things I consumed this week
  25. Voice Note: Turning 37, new goals, etc
  26. 15 things I consumed this week
  27. Dear Danny: The Ultimatum Edition
  28. #278: The trick of "revealed values"
  29. 15 things I consumed this week
  30. Dear Babies: On navigating aging parents
  31. #277: Are men really “bad at taking photos”?
  32. 15 things I consumed this week
  33. The reality of reality TV
  34. #276: On not keeping a notebook
  35. 15 things I consumed this week
  36. Voice Note: Small room, small thoughts
  37. #275: Dispatch from the tunnel
  38. 15 things I consumed this week
  39. Dear Danny: Are my friends toxic?
  40. 15 things I consumed this week
  41. Notes on nesting
  42. #274: Misshapen bones
  43. 15 things I consumed this week
  44. Dear Babies: My boyfriend is depressed
  45. #273: Dear Baby: My boyfriend fell in love with someone else
  46. 15 things I consumed this week
  47. Epidural thoughts
  48. Dear Danny: "Johnny Depp" is scamming my MIL
  49. #272: The tragedy of trying to live well
  50. 15 things I consumed this week
  51. Submit your newsletter!
  52. #271: The worst emoji
  53. 15 things I consumed this week
  54. Voice Note: "I'm fantasizing about divorce"
  55. #270: “I regret agreeing to my husband’s rule”
  56. 15 things I consumed this week
  57. GLP-1s: A discussion thread
  58. #269: Rate My Art
  59. 15 things I consumed this week
  60. Voice Note: Pregnant again
  61. #268: The 3 tiers of fun
  62. 10 things I consumed this week
  63. Dear Danny: Age gap discourse
  64. #267: There’s nothing like the first time (and thank god)
  65. 15 things I consumed this week
  66. Voice Note: Trying to "heal" my pain
  67. #266: The Botox Psyop
  68. 15 things I consumed this week
  69. Dear Babies: Should I have a baby with my best friend?
  70. #265: "Look nice for me," her husband says
  71. #264: FIND A FRIEND!
  72. 15 things I consumed this week
  73. Dear Danny: My secretly-catholic boyfriend
  74. #263: Jury Duty Presents: Heartwarming Surveillance?
  75. 15 things I consumed this week
  76. Revisiting "maternal ambivalence"
  77. #262: The desire trap
  78. 15 things I consumed this week
  79. Dear Babies: Love and mental illness
  80. #261: On being a mess & resisting curmudgeonry
  81. 15 things I consumed this week
  82. Picking a baby name (and other parenthood conundrums)
  83. #260: Disney Adults
  84. 15 things I consumed this week
  85. Dear Danny: I got my roommates kicked out of our apartment
  86. #259: Do you feel “chosen” by your friends?
  87. 15 things I consumed this week
  88. Voice Note: When cowardice is bravery
  89. #258: My reading list (fiction, addictive)
  90. 15 things I consumed this week
  91. On “Lipstick Imperialism”
  92. Haley Nahman's Dinner Tetris
  93. 15 things I consumed this week
  94. Dear Babies, I want to have sex more than my boyfriend
  95. #257: The relationship threat that is working from home
  96. 15 things I consumed this week
  97. Dear Danny: My boyfriend got called in for sexual harassment
  98. #256: The "world" according to AI pushers
  99. 15 things I consumed this week
  100. Voice Note: Mom Gossip, Part 2
  101. #255: Problems are the worst when they’re almost over
  102. 15 things I consumed this week
  103. Mom gossip (w/ Harling & Crystal)
  104. #254: Notes on spirit
  105. The nature of mass demonstrations
  106. Dear Babies: On escaping the career doldrums
  107. #253: How do you know if you’re settling?
  108. 15 things I consumed this week
  109. Voice Note: Bits & bobs
  110. #252: The American spectacle of ‘Marty Supreme’
  111. 15 things I consumed this week
  112. Dear Danny: I have a throuple conundrum
  113. #251: The rainbow edge of annoying
  114. 15 things I consumed this week
  115. Are you texting a lot or no?
  116. 15 things I consumed this week

2025 148

  1. Voice Note: My 2026 resolutions
  2. #250: My best and my worst
  3. The Maybe Baby Archive
  4. #249: Both are better
  5. 15 things I consumed this week
  6. Dear Danny: Am I catfishing?
  7. #248: My favorite things of 2025
  8. 15 things I consumed this week
  9. My favorite articles of 2025
  10. #247: The Gossip Matrix
  11. 15 things I consumed this week
  12. Voice Note: Are you doing existential busywork?
  13. #246: The ethics of “optimizing” for beauty
  14. 15 things I consumed this week
  15. Dear Danny: My boyfriend's cheating on me
  16. #245: Does parenthood really give you “purpose”?
  17. 15 things I consumed this week
  18. “Positive masculinity”
  19. #244: The magic is all ours
  20. 15 things I consumed this week
  21. Substack gut-check
  22. #243: You’ll keep writing if it’s worth it
  23. 15 things I consumed this week
  24. Dear Babies: Is “casual sex” changing?
  25. #242: The arc of relationship fights
  26. 15 things I consumed this week
  27. Who gets to have a "spark"?
  28. #241: The fantasy of the “saved folder”
  29. 15 things I consumed this week
  30. Dear Danny: My bf's addicted to junk food
  31. #240: You’ve got 48 hours to turn things around
  32. 15 things I consumed this week
  33. #239: Since I had a baby
  34. 15 things I consumed this week
  35. Dear Babies: Where the hell should I live?
  36. #238: The Charli-xcx spiral
  37. 15 things I consumed this week
  38. Voice Note: My favorite coping mechanism
  39. #237: Blame it on the beauty industry
  40. 15 things I consumed this week
  41. Are you a disassociated feminist?
  42. #236: Blaming it all away
  43. 15 things I consumed this week
  44. Dear Danny: Should I get a boob job?
  45. #235: Third-order vanity
  46. 15 things I consumed this week
  47. Having kids before friends (and other decisions)
  48. #234: Every outfit I’ve ever worn to a wedding
  49. 15 things I consumed this week
  50. Whether to have another kid (and other impossible decisions)
  51. 15 things Danny consumed this week
  52. Voice Note: The limits of "willpower"
  53. #233: The cruel side of optimism
  54. 15 things I consumed this week
  55. Dear Danny: Can we discuss my friend's selfie face?
  56. #232: A reading list for summer cope
  57. 15 things Crystal consumed this week
  58. #231: Shark teeth
  59. 15 things I consumed this week
  60. Dear Babies: “I was a bully”
  61. #230: A pregnancy scare-turned-existential crisis
  62. 15 things Mallory consumed this week
  63. A status update
  64. 15 things I consumed this week
  65. Dear Danny: How do I make peace with marrying the wrong guy?
  66. #229: Living to please your future self
  67. 15 things I consumed this week
  68. Voice Note: Are you in a rush?
  69. #228: Maybe we don’t need to know
  70. 15 things I consumed this week
  71. Dear Babies: The person I love lives in a city I hate
  72. #227: Should I leave my financially insecure boyfriend?
  73. 15 things I consumed this week
  74. Speed reviewing my baby registry
  75. #226: New York’s mayoral race is a parable
  76. 15 things I consumed this week
  77. Dear Danny: I think my ex is writing songs about me!
  78. #225: Making bad decisions on purpose
  79. 15 things I consumed this week
  80. And Just Like That...We're Back
  81. #224: Aging out of precociousness
  82. 15 things I consumed this week
  83. Thinking about "pretty privilege"
  84. 15 things I consumed this week
  85. Shopping as a "hobby"
  86. #223: My friend keeps stealing my books
  87. 15 things I consumed this week
  88. 22 myths about having kids (w/ Avi)
  89. #222: In what specific way are you annoying?
  90. 15 things I consumed this week
  91. Dear Danny: How do I kill the urge to hoard partners?
  92. #221: “The tension of staying too long”
  93. 15 things I consumed this week
  94. A million iPhone photos or...?
  95. #220: When forgetting is good
  96. 15 things I consumed this week
  97. Regarding boys & girls
  98. #219: Do I have to tell my boyfriend about an old affair?
  99. 15 things I consumed this week
  100. Do you (or would you) post your kid's face?
  101. #218: FIND A FRIEND!
  102. 15 things I consumed this week
  103. Dear Danny: Should my boyfriend give me money?
  104. #217: Following your (non-specific) dreams
  105. 15 things I consumed this week
  106. The "kid divide" among friends, PART 2!
  107. #216: The gossip you’re not supposed to hear
  108. 15 things I consumed this week
  109. On regretting a new tattoo
  110. #215: Do you think of yourself as beautiful?
  111. 15 things I consumed this week
  112. Rethinking "disordered eating"
  113. #214: Five years of emailing you
  114. 15 things I consumed this week
  115. Dear Danny: I caught my deli guy having sex on my bed
  116. #213: Reaching no-plan nirvana
  117. 15 things I consumed this week
  118. Voice Note: Divorcées vs. trad wives
  119. #212: Let it grow bigger
  120. 15 things I consumed this week
  121. Should I have a kid with my reluctant boyfriend?
  122. #211: The purity vortex
  123. 15 things I consumed this week
  124. 🎧: The sleep training episode
  125. #210: "Should I move to the suburbs?"
  126. 15 things I consumed this week
  127. Is it revolutionary to leave a marriage?
  128. #209: The death of sex, 3 years later
  129. 15 things I consumed this week
  130. 🎧Dear Danny: My husband doesn't read!
  131. #208: What is rotting, if not rest?
  132. 15 things I consumed this week
  133. 🎧 Toddler gossip, pt. 2 (just me!)
  134. #207: The Cringe Matrix
  135. 15 things I consumed this week
  136. Seeking: Dating advice
  137. #206: Hosting parties, having babies, being “original”
  138. 15 things I consumed this week
  139. 🎧Toddler gossip (w/ Harling & Crystal)
  140. #205: My TikTok Shop purchase history
  141. 15 things I consumed this week
  142. 🎧Dear Danny: My husband gives me the ick
  143. #204: When bad things happen
  144. 15 things I consumed this week
  145. 🎧Voice Note: Your intuition is just one opinion
  146. #203: Not all desires need to be met
  147. 15 things I consumed this week
  148. 🎧Voice Note: Before you set a resolution

2024 100

  1. #202: A Maybe Baby year in review
  2. #201: "Mom bod" (& other concerns)
  3. 15 things I consumed this week
  4. 🎧Dear Danny: Should I regret moving in with my bf?
  5. #200: Hey from oblivion
  6. 15 things I consumed this week
  7. 🎧Dear Danny: Sperm dilemma, engagement panic, & more
  8. #199: My favorite things of 2024
  9. 15 things I consumed this week
  10. #198: Trying to see something
  11. 15 things I consumed this week
  12. #197: What is "personal style"?
  13. 15 things I consumed this week
  14. 🎧Dear Danny: Decoding the love-bomber
  15. 15 things I consumed this week
  16. #196: What else is there?
  17. 15 things I consumed this week
  18. #195: Alas, the Timothée Chalamet look-alike contest
  19. 15 things I consumed this week
  20. #194: On grief and posting through it
  21. 15 things I consumed this week
  22. #193: Parenthood's PR problem
  23. 15 things I consumed this week
  24. 🎧Dear Danny: The in-law episode
  25. 15 things I consumed this week
  26. #192: Annihilation of the selfie
  27. 15 things I consumed this week
  28. #191: The curse of the try-hard
  29. 15 things I consumed this week
  30. #190: Beyond explanation
  31. 15 things I consumed this week
  32. 🎧Dear Danny: Can I tell my friend to leave her husband?
  33. 15 things I consumed this week
  34. #189: Childless vs. child-free
  35. 15 things I consumed this week
  36. #188: Lessons from babyworld
  37. 15 things I consumed this week
  38. #187: Drowning in envy
  39. 15 things I consumed this week
  40. 15 things I consumed this week
  41. 🎧Dear Danny: Can I innocently cheat?
  42. 15 things I consumed this week
  43. 15 things I consumed this week
  44. Dear Baby: Should I “fix” my double chin?
  45. 15 things I consumed this week
  46. 15 things I consumed this week
  47. 🎧Dear Danny: Should I end my relationship?
  48. 15 things I consumed this week
  49. #186: Yes I’m changing
  50. 15 things I consumed this week
  51. 🎧Danny goes to Hawaii
  52. #185: Humiliating career moves
  53. 15 things I consumed this week
  54. A few questions for you
  55. #184: Coming home
  56. 15 things I consumed this week
  57. 🎧 The last 8 days
  58. Grief notes
  59. #183: Feeding
  60. 15 things I consumed this week
  61. 🎧 Fame & fictions w/ Tavi Gevinson
  62. #182: No idols
  63. 15 things I consumed this week
  64. 🎧Dear Danny: My bf got a windfall
  65. #181 Dear Baby: Am I fit to be a parent?
  66. 15 things I consumed this week
  67. #180: Against self-analysis
  68. 15 things I consumed this week
  69. 🎧 Fears & dreams w/ Cat Cohen
  70. 15 things I consumed this week
  71. 🎧Voice Note: Depression.edu
  72. #179: Beyond routines
  73. 15 things I consumed this week
  74. 🎧Dear Danny: Is my friend in the wrong?
  75. #178: Marriage gossip (and other concerns)
  76. 15 things I consumed this week
  77. 80085
  78. #177: New friends
  79. 15 things I consumed this week
  80. 🎧 The weird & eerie outfits
  81. #176: Accounting for taste
  82. 15 things I consumed this week
  83. 🎧: Once again, Taylor Swift
  84. #175: Enjoy! Enjoy! Enjoy!
  85. 15 things I consumed this week
  86. 🎧 Dear Danny: I've got the 7-year itch
  87. #174: My Barbie headache
  88. 15 things I consumed this week
  89. 🎧 Baby daddy check-in
  90. #173: My birth story
  91. 15 things I consumed this week
  92. 🎧 Expectations vs reality: baby edition
  93. #172: Trick questions
  94. 15 things I consumed this week
  95. 🎧 Baby gossip, part 2 (w/ Harling & Crystal)
  96. #171: Other people’s sweatshirts
  97. 15 things I consumed this week
  98. 🎧 Baby gossip (w/ Harling & Crystal)
  99. #170: Like a mother
  100. E3b

2023 121

  1. #169: Goodbye for a little!
  2. 15 things I consumed this week
  3. 🎧Dear Danny: My friends' open relationship has gone awry!
  4. #168 Dear Baby: How do I criticize my sensitive partner?
  5. 15 things I consumed this week
  6. 🎧 Final pregnancy Q&A (w/ Avi!)
  7. #167: One month left
  8. 15 things I consumed this week
  9. Tips from my organizing bender
  10. #166: The upside of aging out
  11. 15 things I consumed this week
  12. I made a documentary dossier
  13. #165: Coming back around on getting dressed
  14. 15 things I consumed this week
  15. 🎧Voice Note: On being annoying
  16. #164: Rethinking “self-care”
  17. 15 things I consumed this week
  18. 🎧Dear Danny: Should I tell my sister about her bio dad?
  19. #163: Dear Baby: I judge my boyfriend’s quick temper
  20. 15 things I consumed this week
  21. 🎧 5 things I've changed my mind about
  22. #162: Can knock the hustle
  23. 15 things I consumed this week
  24. 🎧 The "kid divide" among friends
  25. #161: Unhappy medium
  26. 15 things I consumed this week
  27. 🎧Voice Note: Summer Slump
  28. #160: On preparation and its limits
  29. 15 things I consumed this week
  30. 🎧Dear Danny: Am I allowed to want abs?
  31. #159: Falling in love is overrated
  32. 15 things I consumed this week
  33. Sorry this is late
  34. 15 things I consumed this week
  35. 🎧Birthday Voice Note: What I've learned this year
  36. #158: Do we “live in hell”?
  37. 15 things I consumed this week
  38. 🎧 Dear Danny: Should I move to the sea?
  39. #157: The endlessly complicated task of “splitting chores”
  40. 15 things I consumed this week
  41. Let's discuss the 'Aged' filter
  42. #156: The best things I’ve bought this year
  43. 15 things I consumed this week
  44. 🎧 Celeb welfare check w/ Avi & Harling
  45. #155: How to be delusional
  46. 15 things I consumed this week
  47. 🎧: Reframing infertility, w/ Dr. Janet Jaffe
  48. #154: What's going on with TV?
  49. 15 things I consumed this week
  50. 🎧: The morality of the influencer
  51. #153: Rethinking “weekend plans”
  52. 15 things I consumed this week
  53. 🎧 Dear Danny: I'm over-analyzing my boyfriend
  54. #152: How much fighting is a “normal” amount?
  55. 15 things I consumed this week
  56. Vlog #2: Fixing my pants
  57. #151: What’s a “good” motive?
  58. 15 things I consumed this week
  59. 🎧: A big pregnancy Q&A (w/ Avi!)
  60. #150: Pregnant
  61. 15 things I consumed this week
  62. 🎧Dear Danny: People are gossiping about me!!
  63. #149: Should I try to be friends with someone famous?
  64. 15 things I consumed this week
  65. 🎧Who are you without feedback? w/ Cat Cohen
  66. #148: Too much music
  67. 15 things I consumed this week
  68. 🎧 A baby-making deep-dive (w/ Harling Ross)
  69. #147: Who’s allowed to want kids?
  70. 15 things I consumed this week
  71. 🎧Voice Note: Life lessons from a dying pet
  72. #146: The problem with “being present”
  73. 15 things I consumed this week
  74. 🎧 Dear Danny: I don't find my boyfriend funny
  75. #145: Not caring about your job: freedom or misery?
  76. 15 things I consumed this week
  77. 🎧Voice Note: Changing your life without changing much
  78. #144: Why we can’t leave celebrities alone
  79. 15 things I consumed this week
  80. #143: When self-awareness eats its own tail
  81. I got rid of half my clothes
  82. #142: The upside of embarrassing yourself
  83. 15 things I consumed this week
  84. 🎧 Dear Danny: I prefer my crush to my husband
  85. #141: The other side of relationship doubts
  86. 15 things I consumed this week
  87. 🎧: Not optimism, not pessimism, but a third option
  88. #140: The art of pandering
  89. 15 things I consumed this week
  90. 🎧 What if time management doesn't = productivity?
  91. #139: The biggest celeb in New York right now
  92. 15 things I consumed this week
  93. 🎧 Is Ozempic hurting the body positivity movement?
  94. #138: Do you pass the Turing test?
  95. 15 things I consumed this week
  96. 🎧 Dear Danny: How soon is too soon post-breakup?
  97. #137: When to give up on a dream
  98. 15 things I consumed this week
  99. 🎧Voice Note: +1 for impulse tattoos (and other trip thots)
  100. #136: A secret note
  101. 15 things I consumed this week
  102. 🎧Voice Note: Learning lessons (in London)
  103. #135: Anti Anti Social Social Club
  104. 15 things I consumed this week
  105. 🎧 Voice Note: On good vs bad conversation
  106. #134: Big commitments loosely held
  107. 15 things I consumed this week
  108. 🎧 Dear Danny: Is it gross to take baths in hotels?
  109. #133: Do I find my partner attractive enough?
  110. 15 things I consumed this week
  111. 🎧 Pop culture check: Nepo 👶🏼s, AI, Madonna
  112. #132: The contagious visual blandness of Netflix
  113. 15 things I consumed this week
  114. 🎧: 12 tips for better friendships
  115. #131: The “friend recession”
  116. 15 things I consumed this week
  117. A tip that's changed how I shop
  118. #130: Air travel: America’s magnum opus 🏆
  119. 15 things I consumed this week
  120. 🎧: A big Q&A about “trying”
  121. #129: The trouble with “trying”

2022 141

  1. #128: Every book I read this year
  2. #127: Your best recs this year
  3. #126: Every question I’ve ever answered
  4. 15 things I consumed this week
  5. 🎧 Dear Danny: Are "commitment issues" real?
  6. #125: My favorite things of 2022
  7. 15 things I consumed this week
  8. #124: Vaping as metaphor
  9. 12 things I consumed this week
  10. Re: “getting work done”
  11. #123: On cosmetic procedures and the limits of "destigmatization”
  12. 15 things I consumed this week
  13. 🎧: Love Is Blind (pending height compatibility)
  14. #122: Crying at the marathon
  15. 15 things I consumed this week
  16. 🎧 I watched the Selena Gomez doc for you
  17. #121: TikTok and the elusive promise of reality
  18. 15 things I consumed this week
  19. 🎧 Dear Danny: Should I rat out my boss?
  20. #120: Living “aesthetically,” friend-group envy, and a new climate doom approach
  21. 15 things I consumed this week
  22. Re: Taylor Swift
  23. #119: On touching grass
  24. 15 things I consumed this week
  25. 🎧: Go ahead, be jealous
  26. #118: Mark this off your to-do list
  27. 15 things I consumed this week
  28. 🎧 Do the Try Guys actually exist?
  29. #117: Astrology’s relentless appeal
  30. 15 things I consumed this week
  31. 🎧Voice Note: Better with age
  32. #116: Emma Chamberlain’s “deeply personal” Los Angeles home
  33. 15 things I consumed this week
  34. 🎧 Dear Danny: Can I tell my partner to dress better?
  35. #115: Why I’m not getting married
  36. 15 things I consumed this week
  37. #114: Not at fashion week
  38. 15 things I consumed this week
  39. 🎧Voice Note: Disordered vs. intuitive eating
  40. #113: The new quantified self
  41. 15 things I consumed this week
  42. 🎧 Voice Note: Are you asking the right questions?
  43. #112: The paradox of politeness
  44. 15 things I consumed this week
  45. 🎧 Dear Danny: Does romance count if you're high?
  46. #111: How low-maintenance is too low?
  47. 15 things I consumed this week
  48. 🎧 Voice Note: The false promise of "settling down"
  49. #110: The trick of the epiphany
  50. 15 things I consumed this week
  51. 🎧 The Nathan Fielder Rorschach test
  52. #109: Waiting on Silicon Valley
  53. 15 things I consumed this week
  54. 🎧Voice Note: The burden of proving yourself
  55. #108: In fear of forgetting
  56. 15 things I consumed this week
  57. 🎧 Dear Danny: Is stability unsexy?
  58. #107: Is New York overrated?
  59. 15 things Andy consumed this week
  60. 15 things Laura consumed last week
  61. 15 things Charlie consumed last week
  62. 15 things Mallory consumed this week
  63. #106: Letter from the editor
  64. 15 things Avi consumed this week
  65. 🎧 Dear Danny: Will being beautiful help me as an artist?
  66. #105: Dear Baby: On regret, baby talk, and beauty anxiety
  67. 15 things I consumed this week
  68. 🎧 Voice Note: Escape the planning phase
  69. #104: On Red Scare, finding writing inspiration, and America’s hero fetish
  70. 15 things I consumed this week
  71. 🎧 Voice Note: An unlikely sign of confidence
  72. #103: Season of envy
  73. 15 things I consumed this week
  74. 🎧 Dear Danny: Will I have bad sex forever?
  75. #102: No worries if not
  76. 15 things I consumed this week
  77. Manifesto re: relationship doubts
  78. #101: Dear Baby, Relationship Edition: “Everything’s fine except…”
  79. 15 things I consumed this week
  80. 🎧 Voice Note: Advice from Hollywood
  81. #100: New idea trending
  82. 15 things I consumed this week
  83. 🎧: Secret daydreams, w/ Harling Ross
  84. #99: I finally found it
  85. 15 things I consumed this week
  86. 🎧Voice Note: Why did I sob today??
  87. Prescription for Sour Patch Kids
  88. 🎧 Dear Danny: I found out he's a scientologist
  89. 21 things I consumed last week
  90. 🎧 Dear Danny: I had a secret baby
  91. #98: On gossip, secret bisexuality, & anti-vax in-laws
  92. 15 things I consumed this week
  93. 🎧: Watch 'The Ultimatum' then listen to this
  94. #97: 5 books I couldn’t (and didn't) put down
  95. 15 things I consumed this week
  96. A Maybe Baby sample platter
  97. 5 eps you may have missed
  98. #96: Why do we aspire to live alone?
  99. 15 things I consumed this week
  100. 🎧 Voice Note: When "being selfless" is actually annoying
  101. #95: Are you a baby? A litmus test
  102. 15 things I consumed this week
  103. 🎧 Dear Danny: I found my boyfriend's secret Twitter account
  104. #94: Dear Baby: The baby question and the curse of Wordle in family group chats
  105. 15 things I consumed this week
  106. 🎧 Cat Cohen spills the beans
  107. #93: 5 new terms (that I made up)
  108. 15 things I consumed this week
  109. 🎧 Voice Note: You don't have to think you're beautiful
  110. #92: Is your face symmetrical?
  111. 15 things I consumed this week
  112. 🎧 Voice Note: When feminism became uncool
  113. #91: The truth parabola
  114. 15 things I consumed this week
  115. 🎧 Dear Danny: Should I dump my chaotic boyfriend?
  116. #90: Dear Baby: Why does my ex's new gf annoy me so much?
  117. 15 things I consumed this week
  118. Re: Friend fears
  119. #89: The death of sex
  120. 15 things I consumed this week
  121. 🎧 Was the 'Sex and the City' reboot good?
  122. #88: Your lowest potential
  123. 15 things I consumed this week
  124. 🎧 Voice Note: The missing ingredient in adult friendship
  125. #87: Stupid hobbies
  126. 15 things I consumed this week
  127. 🎧 Dear Danny: Why won't my older boyfriend marry me?
  128. #86: On future anxiety, criticizing your partner, and comparing yourself
  129. 15 things I consumed this week
  130. I MADE A VLOG
  131. #85: Art tears
  132. Maybe Baby Glossary & FAQ
  133. 15 things I consumed this week
  134. 🎧 Voice Note: The truth about "that girl”
  135. #84: On good behavior
  136. 15 things I consumed this week
  137. 🎧: And Just Like That...Emily's Back in Paris
  138. #83: The subtle treachery of 'Emily in Paris'
  139. 15 things I consumed this week
  140. 🎧 Voice Note: How to sell your soul for likes 👍
  141. #82: What I'm telling myself

2021 110

  1. 15 things I consumed this week
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  6. 🎧 Dear Danny: Should I ask out my neighbor?
  7. #81: On graduating, selfish partners, and being an "internet person"
  8. 15 things I consumed this week
  9. 🎧: Taylor, Britney, Kim, etc. (w/ Avi & Michelle)
  10. #80: The acid DMs
  11. 15 things I consumed this week
  12. 🎧: Good luck & bad choices w/ Dr. Barry Schwartz
  13. #79: My favorite things
  14. 15 things I consumed this week
  15. 🎧: Is constraint the opposite of freedom?
  16. #78: In defense of burdens
  17. 15 things I consumed this week
  18. 🎧 Dear Danny: Is infidelity a deal-breaker?
  19. #77: On bad cologne, body image, & nostalgia for old relationships
  20. 15 things I consumed this week
  21. 🎧: Can clothes actually liberate us?
  22. #76: On feeling "like yourself"
  23. 15 things I consumed this week
  24. 🎧: The state of influencing w/ Harry Hill
  25. #75: Are you verified?
  26. 15 things I consumed this week
  27. 🎧: Feeling old in a club
  28. #74: What makes an image “cursed”?
  29. 15 things I consumed this week
  30. 🎧 Dear Danny, Pt. 2: Can I have a kid without losing myself?
  31. #73: (I'm whispering this)
  32. 15 things I consumed this week
  33. 🎧 Dear Danny: How does one age "gracefully"?
  34. #72: On bad boyfriends, weed, & AOC
  35. 15 things I consumed this week
  36. 🎧: A theory about introversion
  37. #71: Always watching
  38. 15 things I consumed this week
  39. 🎧: Which celeb shall we project on today?
  40. #70: When I was an influencer
  41. 15 things I consumed this week
  42. 🎧: Was the fall of the girl boss purely moral?
  43. #69: Envy brain (& a newsletter update)
  44. 🎧 Dear Danny: Can I be polyamorous and needy at the same time?
  45. #68: On "opposites attract," San Francisco, & having kids (in these times)
  46. 🎧: Missing forests for trees (a reading of #67)
  47. #67: Hello from down here
  48. 🎧: Be careful what you wish for (a reading of #66)
  49. #66: What if I told you I have a theory
  50. 🎧: An update & reading of #65
  51. #65: My problematic fave
  52. 🎧: Learning to lose, an audio-reading
  53. #64: Learning to lose
  54. 🎧 Dear Danny: Can we split the bill?
  55. #63: On disillusionment, splitting the bill, & disliking your friend's s.o.
  56. 🎧: A case for spoilers w/ Ashley Hamilton
  57. #62: No spoilers
  58. 🎧: Selling out w/ Bobby Doherty
  59. #61: Anti-motivational poster
  60. A wave
  61. 🎧: 13 going on 34 w/ Avi
  62. #60: On woke culture, turning 30, and impulsive tattoos
  63. 🎧: Who gets to be beautiful? w/ Jessica DeFino
  64. #59: Beauty anxiety
  65. 🎧: Spiraling: An Instagram Story
  66. #58: What’s up with Instagram?
  67. 🎧: Behind the scenes of couples therapy
  68. #57: Guilty
  69. 🎧 Dear Danny: Should I blow up my life?
  70. #56: Life, death, and feeling uncool
  71. 🎧: Marriage & kids (or neither) w/ Leslie Price
  72. #55: Getting married, having kids, etc
  73. 🎧: How to hurt
  74. #54: Side effects
  75. 🎧: Pop culture death spiral w/ Avi & Amalie
  76. #53: Cope culture
  77. 🎧: Reframing fashion w/ Haley Mlotek
  78. #52: Getting dressed
  79. 🎧: What it's like to write a memoir w/ Ashley Ford
  80. Me again (?)
  81. #51: On lurking, money, and arguing w/ friends
  82. 🎧: "Good taste" versus "on trend" w/ Connie Wang
  83. #50: Beautiful dining chairs
  84. Quick question for you...
  85. 🎧: Fucking up as a good thing w/ Verena von Pfetten (part 2)
  86. #48: The countdown
  87. 🎧: Fucking up as a good thing w/ Verena von Pfetten (part 1)
  88. #47: Writer’s block, HR secrets, and feeling like it's “too late”
  89. 🎧: Good horny v. bad horny w/ Allison P Davis
  90. #46: The greatest drug in the world
  91. 🎧: The price of fame (w/ Danny, Avi, Andy)
  92. #45: Rage against self-checkout
  93. 🎧: Beyond the gray area, w/ Iman & Mallory
  94. #44: Sex in hindsight
  95. 🎧 Dear Danny: On virginity, dysmorphia, & fashion faux pas
  96. #43: Your weirdest questions, answered
  97. 🎧: Big problems, iffy solutions
  98. #42: Are you nice or kind?
  99. 🎧: Iiiiiit's Cat Cohen!
  100. #41: Some personal questions
  101. 🎧: Avi & I play "The Newlywed Game"
  102. #40: Love in quarantine
  103. 🎧 Danny has some advice for you
  104. Dear Baby: On change, drugs, and getting fired
  105. 🎧: Pop culture 911! With Avi & Harling
  106. #38: Don't read my diary when I'm dead
  107. 🎧: Feeling bad online w/ Aminatou Sow
  108. #37: Community, mob, fandom, or cult?
  109. 🎧: Footnotes: The pleasure principle (w/ Avi)
  110. #36: On diagnosis

2020 59

  1. 🎧: "Good on paper" relationships w/ Catherine Saint Siena (pt 2)
  2. Thanks for everything + an update
  3. 🎧: How to work w/ Catherine Saint Siena (pt 1)
  4. #34: On "dream" jobs and good-on-paper relationships
  5. 🎧: Big nepotism energy w/ Avi & Harling
  6. #33: Main character syndrome
  7. 🎧: How to be sad w/ Nora Taylor
  8. #32: Stimulants
  9. 🎧: Planet Hollywood w/ Laura Bannister
  10. #31: Lunacy
  11. 🎧: Dark & private thoughts ft. my siblings
  12. #30: Intrusive thoughts
  13. 🎧: Digesting internet snark w/ Alicia Kennedy
  14. #29: On shit-talking, clickbait, and politics (in bed)
  15. 🎧: The 'Emily in Paris' ep! Ft. Avi & Harling
  16. #28: A diary of sorts
  17. 🎧: Life, death, & internet haters, with T Wise
  18. #27: The pain/pleasure paradox
  19. 🎧: Voting, sex work, & other complications
  20. #26: Are you wearing despair goggles?
  21. 🎧: Teen feelings w/ Amalie and my parents
  22. #25: My thoughts on privacy, cheating, and buying more stuff
  23. 🎧: Unpacking Emrata's feminism w/ Mallory Rice
  24. #24: The Emily Ratajkowski effect
  25. 🎧 Talking shit w/ the infamous Danny
  26. #23: Sitting in the shower
  27. 🎧: Avi & I talk death and David Blaine
  28. #22: In favor of recklessness
  29. 🎧: A very (!) special episode, ft. Avi & Harling
  30. #21: Advice for moving in with someone, writing tips, and influencer bullshit
  31. 🎧: Who are you online?
  32. #20: Who are you online?
  33. 🎧: Mystery calls
  34. #19: Mystery calls
  35. 🎧: Notes for Therapy
  36. #18: Notes for therapy
  37. 🎧: Xanax for the human condition
  38. #17: Xanax for the human condition
  39. 🎧: On Man Repeller, queerbaiting, and "the one"
  40. #16: Dear Baby: On Man Repeller, queerbaiting, and "the one"
  41. 🎧: An announcement about Maybe Baby
  42. #15: Gratitude-core
  43. 🎧: My brain is melting in suburbia
  44. #14: My brain is melting in suburbia
  45. 🎧: Guess what? I made a podcast recording of my last newsletter
  46. #13: Notes on a sad phone call
  47. #12: Dear Baby: On sex, New York, and body hair
  48. #11: Can you be selfless on social media?
  49. #10: A pause in programming
  50. #9: I've been wanting to talk about this for a long time
  51. #8: Searching for meaning in searching for meaning
  52. #7: A message from my upstairs neighbor
  53. #6: Dear Baby: Having an Instagram following is weird
  54. #5: What if you just trusted yourself?
  55. #4: Does Fiona Apple make you feel insecure?
  56. #3: Good morning from New York!
  57. #2: Hi, it's me, an emotional email
  58. #1: A message from the void (my apartment)
  59. A small hello awaits you.