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Open Letters to People or Entities Who Are Unlikely to Respond
Send your nonfictional open letters to openletters@mcsweeneys.net.
(Submission guidelines)
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October 26, 2012An Open Letter to Co-Dependent Parents Who Are Raising Overly Dependent Children
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October 19, 2012An Open Letter to People Who Use the “Battle” Metaphor for Other People Who Have the Distinct Displeasure of Cancer
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October 12, 2012An Open Letter to the Dude-Bros Who Yelled “U.S.A! U.S.A.!” at a Lynyrd Skynyrd Concert
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October 5, 2012An Open Letter to People Who Google and Subsequently Attempt to Contact “Rachel Farrell.”
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September 28, 2012An Open Letter to the Childhood Icon I Happen to Be Meeting With in a Professional Capacity
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September 21, 2012An Open Letter to Jif Peanut Butter
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September 14, 2012An Open Letter to the Look That Slowly Forms On Your Face When I Tell You I Am a Librarian
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September 7, 2012An Open Letter to the People in Charge of Commercials Targeting Women
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August 24, 2012An Open Letter to the Mix Tape Made for Me By My College Boyfriend, Now Deceased
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July 20, 2012An Open Letter to the City and County Inspector Who Fined Me $500 Even Though the Weeds in My Front Lawn Were Well Under the 6” Regulation Height
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July 13, 2012An Open Letter to Natalie Portman’s Character in Mars Attacks!
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June 29, 2012An Open Letter to People Who Take Pictures of Food With Instagram
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April 30, 2020The Girl From Avril Lavigne’s “Sk8er Boi” Responds 18 Years Later
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June 26, 2020A Message from Your University’s Vice President for Magical Thinking
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June 24, 2020Lest We Forget the Horrors: A Catalog of Trump’s Worst Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: The Complete Listing (So Far): Atrocities 1-759
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June 30, 2020Would-You-Rathers for Parents During Quarantine
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July 7, 2020My Toddler Emails a Complaint to Customer Service
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July 7, 2020An Open Letter to Straight Couples Who Have Been Quarantining Together After Only Dating For a Few Weeks From a Lesbian Who’s Been There Before
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July 7, 2020
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July 7, 2020I Do Not Choose to Write My 902-Page Fantasy Ninja Thriller — I Am Compelled To