apparently, surviving on $300 a month for groceries is a success story
Feb 22, 2026one viral tiktok video later, let's chat about the death of being "self-made" and why nobody is coming to the 1% defense.
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Dissect the Truth
The weekly deep dive on the latest financial confessionals, money culture, and the advice you actually need to hear. Every Friday and Sunday. It's chaotic, it's real, and it's exactly how money feels.
column 007: i'm an alien to my best friends because i'm broke
Feb 20, 2026Welcome to Dear Money Whispers, a column where I take the anonymous secrets people are too ashamed to tell their best friends, the stuff you find buried in the corners of the Internet like r/MoneyDiariesActive or r/MoneyWhispers, and perform a full financial autopsy.
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to the 90s/00s babies watching their childhood glass house shatter in real-time.
Feb 15, 2026I feel you, let's talk about it. Plus, how a piece of chocolate cake can restore faith in humanity.
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column 006: if you want a rich man, be a pilates instructor.
Feb 13, 2026what the culture says about successful men's dating preferences, and wtf success even means.
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kendall breaks the kardashian curse
Feb 8, 2026why the government calls prediction markets "finance" but sports betting "gambling." plus, benito & the kardashian curse.
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column 005: the $4000 friendship tax
Feb 6, 2026a guide to surviving the #eurosummer trip that actually left the group chat (different tax brackets and travel styles included)
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welcome to high income, low chill
Feb 1, 2026welcome to high income, low chill. plus, a provocative excerpt on the rich-to-radical pipeline: changing the world from a yurt that costs three months’ salary.
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column 004: we love the big, bad financial villain
Jan 30, 2026between AI monks and fake Reddit outrage, we’ve forgotten that incentives — not internet outrage — run the world.
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Davos and the cost of staying "good" in an evil cubicle
Jan 25, 2026they say it’s not all about the money, but is it just a performance? this week: Davos, Japan’s bond fire, and the cost of staying "good" in an evil cubicle.
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column 003: the $500+ cost to get over our grief
Jan 23, 2026on the "winter uglies" the $500+ cost of a parasocial relationships, and why we use capitalism to bridge the gap of an identity collapse
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the commodification of "touching grass"
Jan 18, 2026let's talk about the delusions of the wealthy, $100K boyfriends, and the commodification of "touching grass"
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column 002: my best friend told me she's a millionaire. i feel like sh!t
Jan 16, 2026let's talk status vs. wealth games, hot takes on real friendship, and beginning on your financial independence journey
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column 001: i wanna quit my job because of my tiktok FYP
Jan 9, 2026Dear Money Whispers,
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the gossip girl of sociology: 2026 is the year of financial autopsies
Jan 1, 2026the four flavors of financial identity (and why the industry is ignoring half of them)
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i lived three lives in one year
Dec 23, 2025from Google paychecks and burnout to a $4k NYC rent bill and a mission I just can't seem to quit
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the invisible load is a wicked problem
Dec 11, 2025part V: defying gravity when you're grounded by cognitive load
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let’s play a game of hot potato, labor edition
Dec 10, 2025part IV: who pays the price when the invisible load is passed?
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my mother is everything, everywhere, all at once
Dec 9, 2025part III: the liminal space between acts of love and unconscious obligation
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who runs the world? girl(bosses and tradwives)
Dec 8, 2025part I: women who have money don’t experience the invisible load, right?
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the invisible load is a loaded phrase
Dec 8, 2025part I: why your anger isn't just about the chore list.
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