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Open Letters to People or Entities Who Are Unlikely to Respond

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February 27, 2015

An Open Letter to Women Who Shame Catcalling

by Wendy Litner
January 23, 2015

An Open Letter to People I Hardly Know But Who Hug Me Anyway

by Susan Gilbert Guerrant
January 16, 2015

An Open Letter to Semicolon Abusers

by Alex Rosenfeld
January 8, 2015

An Open Letter to the Sneakers Hanging Over a Power Line on East Lake Sammamish Parkway

by Kim Kankiewicz
December 12, 2014

An Open Letter to America from a Public School Teacher

by Michael Mau
December 5, 2014

An Open Letter to the Blonde Woman in the Stock Photo of Millennials Drinking Wine

by David Weinstein
November 21, 2014

An Open Letter to My Beloved Woolly Armpits

by Jennifer Burns
November 6, 2014

An Open Letter to the Adorable Young Couple Leisurely Strolling By As I Frantically Usher My Children into My Rav4

by Angela Cardinale
October 24, 2014

An Open Letter to People Who Sell Sofas On Craigslist

by Angie Pelekidis
October 10, 2014

An Open Letter to Anyone Tempted to Borrow a Handicap Placard

by Nancy Hendrickson
October 3, 2014

An Open Letter to Vogue Magazine About Big Booties

by Stephanie Slinkard
September 26, 2014

An Open Letter to a Traveling Salesman, Sugar Camp, Wisconsin, Circa 1996

by Anna Vodicka

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November 20, 2017

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by John Rauschenberg
January 14, 2020

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by Kristen Mulrooney
November 5, 2018

Lest We Forget the Horrors: A Catalog of Trump’s Worst Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: The Complete Listing (So Far): Atrocities 1-546

by Ben Parker, Stephanie Steinbrecher, and Kelsey Ronan
February 22, 2019

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by Jesse Shamon

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