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Articles by
Shannon Reed
Shannon Reed is a writer and professor in Pittsburgh. Her credits besides McSweeney’s include The New Yorker, The Paris Review, The Washington Post, Real Simple, Poets & Writers, and many more. Her first book, Why Did I Get a B?, Harrowing and Humorous Truths About Teaching, will be released for the 2019 holiday season.
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August 19, 2016Classic College Movies Updated for the Adjunct Era
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June 16, 2016List: A Helpful Guide to Lesser-Known Religious Affiliations
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February 1, 2016The Campaigns They Carried
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November 10, 2015List: Other Vehicular Styles of Parenting
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October 9, 2015Drinking Games for Non-Drinkers
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May 21, 2015List: Bechdel Test-Inspired Rules for Other Cartoonists
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April 27, 2015Hitchcock After Therapy
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February 20, 2015List: If Critics Wrote About the Male Best Director Nominees the Same Way They Write About Selma Director Ava DuVernay
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October 3, 2014Security Questions for Single, Childless People
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December 18, 2013Monologue: Thornton Wilder at 15
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July 15, 2019A Preschooler’s Guide to Managing Your Personal Assistant
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October 10, 2006Back From Yet Another Globetrotting Adventure, Indiana Jones Checks His Mail And Discovers That His Bid For Tenure Has Been Denied
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May 20, 2019I Don’t Think a Woman Is Electable In 2020 Because Last Time Around the Female Nominee Only Got Three Million More Votes Than Her Opponent
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November 5, 2018Lest We Forget the Horrors: A Catalog of Trump’s Worst Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: The Complete Listing (So Far): Atrocities 1-546