Jen Doll
Jen Doll is the author of the memoir Save the Date: The Occasional Mortifications of a Serial Wedding Guest. She's also the managing editor for Mental Floss magazine and has written for The Atlantic, Esquire, Glamour, Marie Claire, The Hairpin, New York magazine, The New Republic, The New York Times Book Review The Village Voice, and other publications.
Latest articles by Jen Doll
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Why I fell hard for the emoji tapback
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'You're fine': The Ugg boot of apology responses
feature I'm sorry, but are any of us fine, really?
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How to start this new year right
feature Put down your resolutions for a minute and think about what you did well last year
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Don't tell me to relax
feature You relax
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Everything sucks. I blame Mercury.
feature Here's why I keep reminding people the planet is in retrograde
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The secret beauty of the bus
feature Buses, with their giant windows and high-seated vantage point on the road, let you see the world as it is
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I have become everything I hate. I put smiley faces everywhere now. :)
feature If there are appropriate small ways to lift our own spirits, and to lift the spirits of others, shouldn't we use them?
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My one-woman mission to get rid of the verb 'mans'
opinion Why do we all still use this sexist word?
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What do women want? Pockets!
opinion When do we want them? Yesterday!
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Should you call your significant other 'partner'?
opinion I've come to love the term — but it wasn't easy
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You can always count on an airport bar
feature While the world around us changes rapidly, the airport bar is frozen in time
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April really is the cruelest month
feature Weather isn't the only issue.
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I read a bunch of young adult novels. Suddenly, our future seems hopeful.
opinion These are the stories we need to read right now
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Why alone time is the best time
opinion Being alone is not the same as being lonely. Not even close.
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How I learned to love photos of your kids on Instagram
opinion In a world of filters and fakery, children are the most pure thing on social media
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Don't be a holiday shopping sucker
feature Follow these nine tips and you'll escape the dreaded holiday shopping season with money still in your bank account
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How to overcome your inner cynic and embrace gratitude (without being a total cheeseball)
opinion In a world that's always going to have problems, it turns out that it's surprisingly addictive to remember there are things to be (cautiously) joyful about, too
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Why scary books are better than scary movies
feature The things we imagine can often be scarier than anything seen on screen
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Websites, please stop trying to shame me for not subscribing to your annoying marketing emails
feature Confirm-shaming is the most annoying new marketing trend on the internet
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Please don't wish me happy birthday on Facebook
opinion You are totally stressing me out. Please stop.
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How am I? I'm not fine. No one is fine.
opinion Stop it with your insipid, vapid small talk. I can no longer abide your prattling chit-chat.
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5 reasons why scary books are better than scary movies
feature "Books allow me to interpret what I read in my own head, which is maybe the scariest place on Earth."
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Why I love planning vacations I'll never take
feature Imagine your dream vacation. Then don't take it.
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Help! I'm getting emails meant for someone who has the same name as me.
feature I am not the Jen Doll you're looking for
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