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Chris is a Boston-based writer and editor. He's written for The Huffington Post, Gawker, Kernel Magazine, Elite Daily Deadspin, GOOD Magazine, Point Magazine, among other places.

Entries by Chris Peak

Clinton's Olive Branch to Dems is a Sanders V.P.

(3) Comments | Posted March 10, 2016 | 1:07 PM

With Trump continuing to dominate in the primaries, it's become even clearer -- like looking through Hillary's prism glasses -- that his nomination is all but sewn up and inevitable. And though Bernie Sanders' win in Michigan was a surprise to most (not to me), the nomination is still Hillary...

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Trump Is a Gift for Liberals

(0) Comments | Posted March 2, 2016 | 11:15 AM

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Now that it's all but a formality, however reluctant you are, it's time for liberals to stand behind Secretary Clinton, shielded by her cloak, or cape, or whatever the hell it is we're calling that thing, and support her. Whole-heartedly and WITH...

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I Asked My Two-Year Old Niece for Dating Advice

(0) Comments | Posted December 7, 2015 | 2:51 PM

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Me: Do you have any dating tips for me? Sister: Do I have any tips? Me: Not you. Nora. Sister: You know what...? She probably could help you. And so that's who I went to.

I'm currently in that suspended state...

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How To Delete The Person You Love From The Internet

(0) Comments | Posted October 26, 2015 | 12:32 PM

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As the internet gives us hope, convenience, and the infinite availability of knowledge accessible with just a few keystrokes, so does the internet take away that hope, make things surprisingly too convenient for us, and gives us that never-turned-off access to every...

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What I Learned From Reading Eat Pray Love

(0) Comments | Posted October 16, 2015 | 9:54 AM

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(This is not a book report)

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I won't tell you how the Julia Roberts biography fell into the passenger seat of my car (I put it there), because the beginning of this journey, my journey, from when I think all of...

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What 10 Years of Dating Pretty Girls Has Taught Me About My Insecurities

(0) Comments | Posted October 13, 2015 | 3:12 PM

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I whole-heartedly understand that I am to blame for 99.98 percent of the trust issues that I have in my life. I worry too much. I'm too anxious, and I jump to the worst possible conclusion without having any valid reason or...

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I'm Joining Facebook Just To "Dislike" You

(0) Comments | Posted September 16, 2015 | 3:51 PM

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I'm joining Facebook (Not really. But for the purpose of this blog, I'm joining Facebook). I'm going to "friend you" just to dislike you. Make sense? No? Good.

I'm behind the curve, behind the times--whatever, with Facebook. It's been around...

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It's Time We Crowd-Fund Disease Cures

(0) Comments | Posted August 20, 2015 | 2:46 PM

The newly released report by Science Magazine earlier this month has detailed the wide successes of last summer's "Ice Bucket Challenge"  --  that addictive viral campaign in which the participant dumped -- well, a bucket of ice water on their head. It was done all in the name...

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I Watched Entourage With My 85-Year-Old Grandmother

(0) Comments | Posted August 10, 2015 | 12:01 AM

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My grandmother is a good sport, I have to say. Last year, she helped me review Jessica Alba's company, "The Honest Company." Still don't really know what that's all about, but whatever. And back in March, I reviewed Fifty Shades of Grey...

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Can We Briefly Talk (Honestly) About Weddings?

(0) Comments | Posted June 25, 2015 | 4:27 PM

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Can we talk seriously, just for a moment, about weddings. Like, really have a serious conversation about weddings and why they're one giant, annoying, unnecessary, selfish, Ponzi scheme. Yes... a Ponzi scheme.

Now before you flip your shit and morph into...

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The Heavy Relationship Is a Password (a Three Minute Refresher on Relationship Normalcy)

(0) Comments | Posted June 19, 2015 | 4:16 PM

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I need to know yours for this to work.

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Couples share lots of things; bank accounts, sometimes a car. That HBO GO account that you're actually sharing because it's your ex's friend's account. That extra bedroom that she kind of ending up...

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The Modernist Man: Sorry Guys

(0) Comments | Posted June 11, 2015 | 12:28 PM

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Last week (in reality, probably years ago), I reached a level of epiphanous that prior to last week, I had not yet reached in my life.

I can't remember if the moment happened before I was straining two-day-soaked raw almonds into a...

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My "Guide to Pippa Middleton's Guide to Croquet"

(2) Comments | Posted May 21, 2015 | 3:35 PM

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Pippa, you have a sail on your head. Or a fin. Something.

If you haven't been made aware, Pippa Middleton, lover of hats, and the sister made famous for being a sister, occasionally...

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Don't Ask Me To Sponsor Your Tough Mudder Race

(101) Comments | Posted May 20, 2015 | 2:36 PM

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The picture above is of a guy LITERALLY running through fire. That's not a photoshop. It isn't CGI. It's dry brush (probably from Texas. Texas has the good brush) set on FIRE. His life, apparently, is so bad that he is running...

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The Anatomy of a Riot

(1) Comments | Posted April 30, 2015 | 8:03 PM

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Why do babies cry? Why do toddlers suddenly go limp and throw themselves onto the shiny white floor of the soap aisle in Target? Why do drunk men fight at bars?

Why do oppressed young men riot?

The inability to communicate...

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Who Really Wants to Have Children?

(1) Comments | Posted April 17, 2015 | 12:00 AM

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I had an epiphany last week. Well, okay, technically it had been brewing over time (I had not yet reached the level or epiphanous), but the moment was coming to a head, and it finally topped off during a routine visit to...

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I Watched Fifty Shades of Grey With My Grandmother and Her Senior Center Friends

(2) Comments | Posted March 20, 2015 | 11:19 AM

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In hindsight, this was a poor idea.

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Lots of things come without solid explanations -- furniture from IKEA, French toddler toy sets, EDM music. Also was my reasoning for thinking it would be a good idea to sit down with...

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Cool Pope and The Boehner

(0) Comments | Posted February 9, 2015 | 2:53 PM

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On September 24, Cool Pope will fulfill a life-long dream when he steps in front of and addresses a joint session of Congress. And I must be the only person that finds this to be incredibly wrong and ridiculous....

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The Man Who Drew Jaws

(0) Comments | Posted January 30, 2015 | 12:31 PM

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As an '80s kid, there are three or four movies that still stick with me to this day; The Karate Kid, Back To The Future, and JAWS. I can probably recite them all, and if they're ever on TV, I'll plant myself...

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Here's to a 'Better-But-Still-Somewhat-Eh' You in 2015

(0) Comments | Posted December 29, 2014 | 5:26 PM

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Despite my neighbors still having their wreath on the door and a creepy stand-up Santa Claus in the hallway, the holidays are over. So this must mean that we're yet again closing in on another stellar year of life. Pat yourself on...

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