Ordinary and universal, the act of writing changes the brain. From dashing off a heated text message to composing an op-ed, writing allows you to, at once, name your pain and create distance from it.

Assistant Teaching Professor of Global Arts, Media and Writing Studies, University of California, Merced Ordinary and universal, the act of writing changes the brain. From dashing off a heated text ...

Back in the 2010s, a website called Let Me Google That For You gained a notable amount of popularity for serving a single purpose: snark. The site lets you generate a custom link that you can send ...

Rachel is a freelancer based in Echo Park, Los Angeles and has been writing and producing content for nearly two decades on subjects ranging from tech to fashion, health and lifestyle to entertainment ...

Writing has always been the way I process ideas—I often say, “I think with a pencil.” Early in my career, I wrote about my practice simply for myself as a way to keep perspective, capture new ideas, ...

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You’re staring at your email draft, cursor blinking, wondering, “Where does the P.S. go?” or “How do I even write a P.S. without sounding awkward?” The P.S. in emails often feels like this mysterious ...

Hyphenaters used to be fearless. Bad to the bone. Unflinching in the face of multi-word adjectives that required two or even three hyphens. An editor would see the terms “anti” and “social” and “media ...

Amanda Trebach, a Los Angeles resident who volunteers to document immigration enforcement operations on Terminal Island in San Pedro, found herself early Friday morning on the wrong side of an ...

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James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...