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Michelle Newman

Michelle is a Minneapolis-based writer who shares stories on her blog, You’re My Favorite Today. She is also one of the hosts of the podcast Pop Culture Preservation Society, where she and her friends preserve the pop culture nuggets of their Gen X childhoods.

March 24, 2021

A Scene from Flowers in the Attic or from My Past Year in Quarantine?

by Wendi Aarons, Carolyn Cochrane, Michelle Newman, and Kristin Nilsen

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Thank You for Calling the Perimenopause Hotline, Where Our Hold Times Are Completely Unpredictable

by Kathryn Baecht
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An Open Letter to the White Mommy Blogger Who Posted a Recipe for Turmeric Energy Balls

by Swati Sudarsan
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