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Emily Matchar

Emily Matchar is a Chapel Hill, NC-based writer whose work has appeared in Men's Journal, Gourmet, Babble and lots of others.

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My atheist Christmas in China

Emily Matchar

Is Michael Pollan a sexist pig?

Emily Matchar
A still from Nat the Fat Rat, a Mormon blog.

Why I can’t stop reading Mormon housewife blogs

Emily Matchar