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Tara Millette

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Tara is a humor and copy writer based in Philadelphia. She has done stand up at the Comedy Cellar, and was trained as an actor and improvisor in NYC. In her spare time, she makes trips to Narnia to get dramatic headshots taken.

September 30, 2020

Why Didn’t Sauron Condemn the Orc Hordes?

by Tara Millette
August 7, 2019

The Unrealized Potential of Dead Disney Moms

by Sarah Garfinkel, Natalie Sayth, and Tara Millette
June 4, 2019

How Many Times Do I Have to Say I’m Not a Nazi?

by Tara Millette
January 15, 2019

12 Ways My Book Club Can Tell I Definitely Read War and Peace

by Tara Millette

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