Slate's Dear Prudence Plus
Advice, commentary, and conversation from Mallory Ortberg, author of Slate's Dear Prudence column.
Episodes
Podcast: Slate's Dear Prudence Plus: Dear Prudence: The “Ongoing Fling with a Famous Person” Edition
Prudence is joined this week by Charlotte Shane, author, essayist, and co-founder of TigerBee Press. First up - what to say when your sister compares your desire to have a child with adopting a cat... [more inside]
Podcast: Slate's Dear Prudence Plus: Dear Prudence: The "Schrödinger's Stolen Cat" Edition
First up: An enthusiastic endorsement from Prudence for walking out of movies you don't like! Then, academic and pop culture writer Anthony Oliveira joins to tackle your letters: How do I get my husband to stop using a body spray that makes me ill? I told my "social justice warrior" kids I'm questioning my gender and they're threatening to skip the holidays. Help! My husband and I married young – should we open up our marriage to try new things? I adopted a lost cat as my own, but now I think I might've stolen it. I had a fling with someone that I later realized was in a long-term committed relationship – should I tell the other woman? And finally: My friends created a dumb nickname for my boyfriend and it stuck – how do I let it go so I don't accidentally call him by it?