The Lisa Loeb and Liz Phair of newsletters is diving into monogamy (who needs it?), squabbling about ’00s babe varietals, and getting pragmatic about post-Roe life.
Thank god for Rachel and you, E. Jean, keeping me on the up and up. Maybe I failed to absorb the term because it describes a type—itsy, quirky, "cute," surface-complex-but-actually-underdeveloped—that I could never be, and the males of the species CANNOT get enough of?
Dear Rachel and Maggie, I love The Spread and am probably your top gay male fan. Did you see the piece in the Times about Solveig Gold, the 27 year old wife of a recently cancelled Princeton professor? The peg it’s hung on is a dinner party she gave, but it’s about more, and I’m DYING for your take. Please enlighten us all! -Allen
Dear Allen, Thank you for leading the gay male contingent of Spread Nation! We couldn't do it without ya. And no I did NOT see this story, but am googling fast as I can—thank for you for this smoking-hot tip. Expect a full dissection in next week's edition.
For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good women not to know the meaning of Manic Pixie Dream Girl.
Thank god for Rachel and you, E. Jean, keeping me on the up and up. Maybe I failed to absorb the term because it describes a type—itsy, quirky, "cute," surface-complex-but-actually-underdeveloped—that I could never be, and the males of the species CANNOT get enough of?
Dear Rachel and Maggie, I love The Spread and am probably your top gay male fan. Did you see the piece in the Times about Solveig Gold, the 27 year old wife of a recently cancelled Princeton professor? The peg it’s hung on is a dinner party she gave, but it’s about more, and I’m DYING for your take. Please enlighten us all! -Allen
Dear Allen, Thank you for leading the gay male contingent of Spread Nation! We couldn't do it without ya. And no I did NOT see this story, but am googling fast as I can—thank for you for this smoking-hot tip. Expect a full dissection in next week's edition.