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Lauren Modery

This Isn’t Your Obituary

In honor of J.

2 min readOct 23, 2023

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Why Pee-Wee Herman Mattered to So Many of Us

Pee-wee Herman was our first introduction to gender fluidity and social nonconformity.

3 min readAug 1, 2023

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Robert Oppenheimer and Jean Tatlock: A Tragic Love Story

Dr. Jean Tatlock, Oppenheimer’s great love, had a profound and lasting influence on his life, both before and after her death.

9 min readJul 20, 2023

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Robert Oppenheimer and Jean Tatlock: A Tragic Love Story

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Cats Are Magical and Other Things I Learned From Taking in a Feral

An age-old story about a scrappy street cat who batted her way into our hearts and changed our lives forever.

8 min readSep 8, 2022

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Cats Are Magical and Other Things I Learned From Taking in a Feral

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My First Crush Was Egon Spengler

Watching Ghostbusters: Afterlife brought back memories of my first great love — Harold Ramis.

3 min readNov 24, 2021

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My Cat Has Visited 30 States and 13 National Parks

Folks don’t believe me when I say my cat enjoys traveling, but she does. And boy are we lucky.

5 min readNov 17, 2021

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My Cat Has Visited 30 States and 13 National Parks

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My Family’s History Is a Prop at Cracker Barrel

A random photo sent me down a rabbit hole of learning more about my immigrant great-grandfather, his employer Endicott Johnson Corp., and…

6 min readNov 5, 2021

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My Family’s History Is a Prop at Cracker Barrel

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We Dressed as Warren Zevon Songs for Halloween

Nobody got our costumes, but that’s ok. We were happy little nerds anyways.

3 min readNov 1, 2021

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We Dressed as Warren Zevon Songs for Halloween

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You Can Take Your White Claw Hate and Shove It

I like White Claw and here’s why.

5 min readOct 28, 2021

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You Can Take Your White Claw Hate and Shove It

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What Will Happen When All The Holocaust Survivors Are Gone?

With antisemitism on the rise, it’s vital that we never forget what happened.

5 min readOct 27, 2021

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What Will Happen When All The Holocaust Survivors Are Gone?

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Lauren Modery

Lauren Modery

Freelance writer; film Loves Her Gun premiered @ SXSW ‘13; used to be a Hollywood assistant; rail enthusiast; check out my dumb blog, hipstercrite.com

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