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The Radical Kindness of Teenage Girls

They build each other up, mindful that the world will try to tear them down

Jan 21, 2019

The Radical Kindness of Teenage Girls

Jan 21, 2019

Laura Todd Carns

My Dog Needs a Job

It’s our nightly ritual. I let my dog into the backyard for a final potty break, and I spend the next half hour trying to get him back…

Apr 9

My Dog Needs a Job

Apr 9

Laura Todd Carns

The Midnight Panini King

Just as I’m falling asleep, book slipping from my slackening grip, I hear the sounds from the kitchen downstairs. A clatter, a slam. I…

Aug 24, 2021

The Midnight Panini King

Aug 24, 2021

Laura Todd Carns

I Thought the Pandemic Was Over. Until I Saw What Botswana Was Facing.

The trip was supposed to be in June 2020. We had planned it for two years, a long-awaited return to the country my family loved. Everything…

Aug 18, 2021

I Thought the Pandemic Was Over. Until I Saw What Botswana Was Facing.

Aug 18, 2021

Laura Todd Carns

“SOUR” Hits the Sweet Spot

Why so many of us have Olivia Rodrigo’s debut on repeat.

May 26, 2021

“SOUR” Hits the Sweet Spot

May 26, 2021

Laura Todd Carns

A Frozen Dinner Tastes Like My Mother’s Liberation

On Mother’s Day, I’m thinking fondly of all the time my mother didn’t spend in the kitchen.

May 7, 2021

A Frozen Dinner Tastes Like My Mother’s Liberation

May 7, 2021

Laura Todd Carns

Yes, You Can Get Covid Between Vaccine Doses

We could see the finish line — and then we hit a speed bump.

May 2, 2021

Yes, You Can Get Covid Between Vaccine Doses

May 2, 2021

Laura Todd Carns

Getting Sports-Averse Kids Moving

Playing a sport isn’t the only way for kids to exercise.

Apr 15, 2021

Getting Sports-Averse Kids Moving

Apr 15, 2021

Laura Todd Carns

Notes of a Middle-Aged Baby Writer

For ballet, it may be too late. For writing, it never is.

Mar 31, 2021

Notes of a Middle-Aged Baby Writer

Mar 31, 2021

Laura Todd Carns

AirPods Suck. Long Live Corded Earbuds.

Wireless wasn’t the improvement I hoped.

Mar 26, 2021

AirPods Suck. Long Live Corded Earbuds.

Mar 26, 2021

Laura Todd Carns

Laura Todd Carns

Freelancer & fictioneer. Contributor to Medium pubs Human Parts, GEN, Curious; bylines elsewhere in WaPo, Quartz, EL, The Lily & more. www.lauratoddcarns.com

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