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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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January 14, 2022What Your Favorite Sad Dad Band Says About You
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January 5, 2022A Note of Reassurance from Your School District Regarding Our Updated Omicron Policies
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December 31, 2021Oh My Fucking God, Get the Fucking Vaccine Already, You Fucking Fucks
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January 10, 2022How We Will Separate You from Any Lingering Hope and Other Important Topics of Today’s Faculty Meeting
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January 26, 2022Our School District’s New Emergency Preparedness Guidelines Are Based on the Book of Revelation
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January 25, 2022The Biggest Issue Facing America Right Now Is People Stealing Puffy Jackets from Multi-Billion Dollar Corporations
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January 25, 2022Mrs. Dalloway Said She Would Buy the Rapid COVID Test Herself
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January 24, 2022“We Need to Get Back to Normal,” I Say, While I Continue to Live My Life Normally, As I Have Throughout This Pandemic