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Category: ethics

#1374: “Help, a tutor keeps asking me for personal details.”

May 10, 2022May 10, 2022 ~ JenniferP

"Tell me your phone number and exactly where you live so I can judge if you are a SERIOUS STUDENT." Yikes.

#1370: “I feel suffocated and want to move away from my stingy roommate.”

March 28, 2022 ~ JenniferP

Nobody loves separating the books and dishtowels, but when it's time, it's time.

#1368: “The ethics of breaking up with someone when you live together and nothing is Glaringly Awful.”

March 9, 2022March 9, 2022 ~ JenniferP ~ 115 Comments

If you need to go, go.

#1364: “Gender is elusive, and I cannot teach it to you, Mother!”

January 18, 2022January 19, 2022 ~ JenniferP

Don't let a side quest for understanding get in the way of doing - or demanding - care and kindness.

#1362: “Family being opposite but equal butts about COVID – How do I maintain sanity?”

January 11, 2022January 12, 2022 ~ JenniferP ~ 1 Comment

There's a reason parents of little kids are freaking out right now, howabout we start with not treating their fear like it's a baseless inconvenience?

#1358: GUEST POST: “I think my professors $#@%-ed me up.”

December 20, 2021December 20, 2021 ~ JenniferP

Thriller author Amy Gentry answers this letter about abusive professors who feed like vampires on the potential of their students.

#1352: Recovering from an Awkward Lie

October 26, 2021October 26, 2021 ~ JenniferP

Just because you're judging yourself inside your head, it doesn't mean that other people are participating.

#1351: “Can I use my ex’s pseudonym in my novel?”

October 11, 2021October 11, 2021 ~ JenniferP

You can obviously write whatever you want about whoever you want. You cannot control how people will feel about it or what they'll do about it.

#1348: “How to tell an ex you’re pregnant when it’s not theirs and not your ex”

September 14, 2021September 15, 2021 ~ JenniferP

Your partner's ex, your partner's friend group, your partner's life choices are your partner's job to manage.

#1346: “My new ‘friend’ has alt-right skeletons in her closet. How do I nope out?”

July 28, 2021July 28, 2021 ~ JenniferP

"Inside this lady are two bigots, one is capable of acting nice sometimes and the other is not, don't feed either of them with your time, sympathy, or attention."

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