February, 2025 - Stressy Lemon

The Washington Post Lost 10% Of It’s Subscribers – More Are Leaving

February 27, 2025

Six months ago, the Washington Post lost over 250,000 subscribers when the paper was prevented from endorsing Kamala Harris for President. (It’s typical for papers to endorse a president.) Unsurprisingly, most papers endorse the person who aligns with the overall political views of the opinion section. Speculation was that the billionaire owner, seated prominently at […]

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Stephen King’s The Monkey: Drums, Cymbals, and Actually Testing an Old Adage

February 25, 2025

This weekend as promised, I saw and read, Stephen King’s The Monkey. Actually, if you read it, you’ll need to pick up the collection of short stories called Skeleton Crew. Don’t worry though, this one has The Mist in it too. There’s plenty to read outside the about 50ish pages that make up The Monkey

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My Weekend is Booked – Beheadings, Ghosts in the Wall and Evil Monkey Toys?

February 21, 2025

Guys, Friday is freaking finally here. I don’t know about you, but this has been the weekest of weeks. Every day is a new terror. That’s what they say, right? I hope you all have incredible weekend plans, or more incredibly have absolutely nothing to do and can stay at home reading in your favorite

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How to Go to Court AND Discover a New Anxiety Symptom

February 18, 2025

In writing about how changing my name could affect my ability to vote, and I’ve done it twice, I was reminded of the internal chaos when I changed it the first time. I’ve always been a bit of an overachiever. I talked super young and passed that along to my own progeny. I read way

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What’s In A Name? The Awesome Ability to Vote, Apparently

February 17, 2025

Sigh. January was 5,000 years long. Civilizations rose and collapsed while we watched endless parades of performative but meaningful executive orders get signed. We confirmed to key cabinet positions people who spouted about merit based hiring while seemingly wildly unaware of the concept of irony. We wept. And sometimes laughed. But it was hollow. I

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You’re Always Older, And Less Agile, Than You Think

February 12, 2025

Last weekend marked the beginning of the dreaded dance season. An action packed 2-3 months of glitter, feathers, tights, and more butt glue (I swear to God that’s real) than a girl could ever possibly need or presumably want. That butt glue is sticky as hell and sometimes you have to rip the costume back

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Whitewashing History is Nothing New: Now It’s Mandatory

February 3, 2025

I may not be the ideal person to talk about this. I have a white skin that would incite jealousy in most ghosts. Skincare brands don’t sell colors light enough for me. If it weren’t for the flush in my face, I’d look constantly like I was dying of consumption. There are so many people

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