Email Author Anna Pulley

2012 Stories by Anna Pulley

• Oversharing Online: When to Draw the Line

  published Apr 12, 2012

  This isn't a personal problem per se, but I want to ask about online oversharing. The conversation for me has shifted from oversharing to people who constantly complain about oversharing. Like passi... More >>

• Author Jolie O'Dell on Android Photography, Hook-Up Apps, and Women in Tech

  published Apr 11, 2012

  Jolie O'Dell is one of my favorite San Francisco writers. In the brief time we've known each other, we have eaten lunch at a strip club, gone trampolining at the House of Air, and played charades at t... More >>

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  The Rules of Facebook Photo Tagging

  published Apr 05, 2012

  My girlfriend recently uploaded a picture of us on Facebook and tagged me without telling me first. I think the picture looks terrible. My eyes are half-closed and I look stoned, so I untagged myself... More >>

• Cheryl Strayed's Wild Is a 2nd Skin for the Soul

  published Apr 03, 2012

  Cheryl Strayed is a motherfucking heart surgeon. Her new memoir, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, is the wound. But it's also the healing, and it's also the raw, muscular puls... More >>

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  Facebook Drama-Avoidance Tips for the Recently Dumped

  published Mar 29, 2012

  Two of my good friends recently broke up, which in and of itself is fine. But thanks to Facebook, we now have another problem. The girl half wants me to defriend the boy half of the now ex-couple out ... More >>

• Our Advice on The Believer's New Advice Book: Read It While You're on the Crapper

  published Mar 28, 2012

  Care to Make Love in That Gross Little Space Between Carsr is the sequel to The Believer magazine's previous advice book, You're a Horrible Person, But I Like You. Featuring objectively terrible and m... More >>

• How to Ethically Use Your Ex's Netflix Account

  published Mar 22, 2012

  Here's my situation. My boyfriend and I broke up about six months ago, but we're on good terms. His Netflix information and password are stored in my computer, and occasionally (maybe once a month) I ... More >>

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  So You Caught Your Date in a Facebook Lie -- Here's What to Do

  published Mar 15, 2012

  I've been out on five or six dates with a gentleman I met online. The dates have been good so far, so I added him as a Facebook friend and he accepted. The thing is, right before our last date, he can... More >>

• Talk on Internet Dating Is Like a Blind Date With Group Therapy

  published Mar 12, 2012

  "Love is mysterious. Welcome to the mystery." These were Maya Diamond's words of welcome at Cupid Talks, a new, ongoing event that aims to aid your ailing love life in the online dating realm. Led by ... More >>

• How to Win Political Arguments

  published Mar 08, 2012

  Does posting political shit on Facebook ever affect the political opinions of people you're friends with who don't agree with your I mean, even if my right-wing friends don't read all the anti-Santoru... More >>

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  So Your Boyfriend Still Has Photos of Him and His Ex on Facebook -- Deal With It

  published Mar 01, 2012

  I've been dating a guy for a little more than a month now, and he still has quite a few pictures on his Facebook profile of his last girlfriend, like cuddly, coupley pictures. I'd estimate that about ... More >>

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  How to Resist Drinking the Internet Haterade

  published Feb 23, 2012

  Lately I have seen more and more rudeness online -- or let's call it socially inappropriate or rude remarks, name calling, denigrating, lying -- that is personally offensive. When the Internet first b... More >>

• You're Not a Cyberstalker -- Here's How to Be

  published Feb 16, 2012

  I have read all this stuff about stalkers regarding Facebook. If someone makes you a Facebook friend they are offering you an invitation to view their activity on this social network. I'm not really a... More >>

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  Too Much G-Chat Can Hurt Your Relationship

  published Feb 09, 2012

  Let me preface this by saying that the "relationship" I'll refer to is f*ed up in it's own right -- a kind of "friends with benefits" situation I've somehow ended up in, where both parties are afraid ... More >>

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  Defriending Your Ex's Parents on Facebook: It's Going to Be Awkward

  published Feb 02, 2012

  I broke up with my somewhat serious girlfriend recently, and I have decided it's best to defriend her on Facebook, at least for the time being. However, I'm less sure what to do about her family memb... More >>

• How Not to Kill Your Roommate Over Her Lovey-Dovey Skype Sessions

  published Jan 26, 2012

  rI'm a freshman in college, staying in the dorms. My roommate and I get along pretty well for the most part, except when it comes to her boyfriend. Don't get me wrong, her boyfriend lives acros... More >>

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  So You're Famous and You're Single -- It's Still OK to Date Online

  published Jan 19, 2012

  I'm recently single. Given that I run a pretty successful website and I've got a pretty recognizable face around town, does it make sense for me to do online datingr It seems like that's what people a... More >>

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  You Look Nothing Like Your Online Dating Photo

  published Jan 12, 2012

  rShould you ever confront a person who looks nothing like their online dating pictures or who has otherwise distorted the kind of person they arer This has happened to me twice on recent dates, and ... More >>

• Get Some Tale at Bawdy Storytelling's First 2012 Show

  published Jan 10, 2012

  Stories are powerful. No other medium has the ability to move, inspire, or change us quite like a well-crafted narrative. Never has this been more true than the world of sex, where fear, shame, and mi... More >>

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  Why You Should Fake It on Facebook

  published Jan 05, 2012

  I went out on a first date with a girl who is also a recently added Facebook friend. During dinner she kept bringing up things I had already read about on FB, but I lied and pretended like I didn't kn... More >>