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Why Is It Harder to Ask Than to Give?

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After writing her PhD thesis on neighborhood sharing, Millie Stone was given a "community cake" that required her to ask her neighbor for a cup of sugar. She reflects on why she -- and so many other people -- find it so much easier to give than to ask for something as simple as a cup of sugar. Read more »

Reapplying at the Tower Door

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Last year I drew a comic for Shareable, chronicling the emotional turmoil of getting rejected from PhD programs, and my conclusion that I don't need permission to do the work I love. Now there's a new, unexpected twist in the plot. Read more »

Who Needs An Ivory Tower?

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Jenna Brager is the author of the zine Sassyfrass Circus as well as the Shareable Post-College Flow Chart of Misery and Pain. Read more »
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