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Jun 4, 2026, 1:15 PM

Israeli takes American on a First Date

7:04, 7:07, 7:13. Punctuality is a faraway dream in this country where bargaining is the norm and bombs may fall tomorrow. The minutes she spends waiting fill this sacred window where someone she loves across the world is awake. The...

Jun 2, 2026, 6:42 AM

Admitting Your Candidate is Toxic is Step One

Last week, I sat at happy hour with one of my best friends. For the purposes of this article, I’ll call them Bay Gay. They’re a gay from the Bay Area. The Mexican bartender may have mistaken my speaking...

May 27, 2026, 7:31 AM

He Fumbled Me Like a Nuclear Negotiation

Moving to Los Angeles ten years ago hit me like a nuclear bomb. I had just been through my first round with Alcoholic Ex-Boyfriend (for those who have been reading and are familiar with my lore) and had lost...

May 21, 2026, 10:14 AM

Allyship won’t flirt with you from across the bar

Adapted meme based on a scene from Sex and the City (HBO), included here for cultural commentary.

Spanish Guy and I walked out of a bar on Valencia Street, hands brushing, almost holding. I like a guy to make the first move. The sounds of percussion instruments growing louder surprised us as we made our way...

May 14, 2026, 10:01 PM

I want Israel to be a guy from Oklahoma

Wouldn't it be nice if the Jewish state were ordinary, like that date who sent me decent music and never added any conflict to my life?

May 10, 2026, 1:10 AM

Things Not to Say on Dates or On Television

I was running late, which is unlike me, but work had thrown me into a week of community engagements and television interviews I was unprepared—and unprepped—for. At the time, I was working with October 7th survivors and hostage families....

Apr 29, 2026, 5:51 AM

Forgetting Your First Love/First Country You Flee

I didn’t know it at the time, but I met my first real love when I was fifteen. He was tall and confident, that was my first impression of him. We wouldn’t get together until four years later after...

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Apr 28, 2026, 5:31 PM

Speed Dating: Now With Built-In Rejection and Complimentary Humiliation

Last night I tried Coronacrush speed dating, which is an algorithm-based romantic experience designed to remove inefficiency from modern dating and replace it with something far more honest: rapid-fire disappointment. It begins, as all questionable life choices do, with a...

Apr 25, 2026, 12:57 AM

How to Tell if You’re the Other Woman

Adapted meme based on a scene from Sex and the City (HBO), included here for cultural commentary.

One thing I wasn’t prepared for in dating was a man’s marital status. I felt good about my ability to spot fuckbois and their vices. I didn’t think I’d have to be on the lookout for their wives. Married Guy...

Apr 17, 2026, 7:17 AM

The Mid-Guy Making Breadcrumbing Great Again

I, like America, accepted breadcrumbs from a mid-guy who wasn’t even a politician. He was a lawyer, you know, the DJs of the college educated. Mid-height, mid-looks, mid-thirties. I was so into the crumbs that I let him breadcrumb me...

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