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Big Mood, Little Mood with Daniel M. Lavery

Dear Prudence: The “Oppression Olympics” Edition

Big Mood, Little Mood with Daniel M. Lavery

Slate Podcasts

Society & Culture, Relationships, Health & Fitness, Sexuality

4.41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2017

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Feeling hopeless about the state of the world? Prudence has some advice for how to carry on without totally losing it. Then, writer Shafiqah Hudson joins Prudie to answer your questions: How do I convince my friend that he benefits from white privilege? My friend abandoned me after her boyfriend assaulted me – now she’s trying to pretend nothing happened. And, lastly, I did a huge D.I.Y. project for my sister, only to have her rip it up and start again. Can I ask her to apologize? Hear more Prudence by joining Slate Plus: Slate.com/Prudiepod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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You're listening to this week's excerpt from the Dear Prudence Podcast to get the full-length members only version every week

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Join slateplus at slate.com slash Prudipod.

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Dear Prudence, Dear Prudence, Dear Prudence. Dear Prudence. Dear Prudence. Do you think that I should contact him again?

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Help.

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Thanks.

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Thanks. Thank you. Hello and as well, I am Mallory Orberg also known as Dear Prudence in the studio today

1:45.5

we have a fabulous guest chafika Hudson and we get to talk about our own impending mortality

1:52.3

and upholstery induced rage. But before we get to that, I wanted

1:58.2

to talk a little bit about a type of letter. I've been getting a lot lately, of which this is sort of an illustrative

2:03.9

example they're usually titled something like how do I go on as is this one how do I

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