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Love, Actually

Amber A’Lee Frost

February 28, 2018

Welcome to The Baffler’s agony corner, YOUR SORRY ASS, where Amber A’Lee Frost dispenses bossy, judgmental advice on how to live your life fairly, kindly, and with good humor. Send us your rants and pleas, please: [email protected]. Dear Your Sorry Ass, Two ...

American Mirage

Amber A’Lee Frost

February 14, 2018

We’re happily living in Europe at the moment. She thinks we could live even more happily in America. Did I mention I hate America?

Kitchen-Sink Drama

Amber A’Lee Frost

January 31, 2018

Help! I would like to salvage this garbage fire of a relationship, but I need his mom out of my fridge and out of my life.

Cops on Campus

Amber A’Lee Frost

January 19, 2018

This college campus stubbornly refuses to move past circa-2014 Twitter activism. What can I tell my friends to keep them from totally dropping out of any activist spaces?

Friends in Stupid Places

Amber A’Lee Frost

December 19, 2017

The truth is that most capitalists are capable of disagreeing with their friends without flying off the handle.

The Precocious Socialist

Amber A’Lee Frost

November 29, 2017

High school is a noise opera of capitalist blathering. It sort of gets better?

The Bananas-Ass Ex-Friend

Amber A’Lee Frost

October 04, 2017

So you wife's ex-friend is a psycho, bunny boiling nut job. Find the nearest escape route!

Total Attention Deficit

Amber A’Lee Frost

September 20, 2017

You've reached attention span zero? Log off, take a breath, and read a printed object.

A Coalition Government of the Heart

Amber A’Lee Frost

September 06, 2017

They say never wake a sleepwalker, but your liberal girlfriend is wide awake!

Hang the Landlord

Amber A’Lee Frost

August 22, 2017

I know you love him, but he treats his employees—and you—like shit, so he’s the bad guy.

Who’s Afraid of Hostile Love?

Amber A’Lee Frost

August 09, 2017

Your friends, a couple, won’t stop fighting? Don’t become the third wheel on a tricycle of romantic hatred.

The Opioid Thief

Amber A’Lee Frost

July 27, 2017

Your friend’s bride-to-be may be stealing your wife’s painkillers. Your best bet is to lock ‘em up.