Lynn Harris is a writer-activist-multihyphenate who uses the power of comedy to drive change. She is founder of GOLD Comedy, co-creator of Breakup Girl, and a former advice columnist for Glamour and other print magazines of blessed memory. She enjoys hot sauce and embarrassing her teen children just by existing and dedicates this gig to her late mother, who gave the best advice in the world.
Lynn HarrisCo-Host of A Bintel Brief
By Lynn Harris
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Bintel Brief I found a photo of my employee in blackface — 40 years ago. What should I do?
Bintel advises a CEO wondering whether four decades is long enough to forgive a grievous error
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Bintel Brief I’m dating a guy who earns much less than I do. Can it work?
Bintel advises a listener wondering whether to consider a life partner who cannot contribute financially to their partnership
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Bintel Brief Am I right to resent my careless relative for giving me COVID-19?
For the first time ever, our hosts do not advise talking to said relative. Instead, talk to yourself.
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Bintel Brief I was offended by a Dungeons & Dragons scenario. Should I quit the people I play with?
‘A Bintel Brief’ advises a high schooler questioning friends who had her roleplay an ICE raid
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Bintel Brief Do I have to attend a wedding with my half-brother from my father’s affair?
“A Bintel Brief” advises a listener navigating a complex situation with a lost sibling
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Bintel Brief I’m fed up with the wedding-and-baby-etiquette industrial complex. Can I opt out?
Bintel advises a writer who no longer wishes to participate in the compulsory gift-giving world of the mid-30s millennial.
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Bintel Brief In a hot real estate market, is it ethical to give an acquaintance a leg up?
“Do I owe the person who's a casual friend any head start over the person who's a stranger to me?”
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Bintel Brief ‘Can you have too many blessings?’ Bintel fans respond to Heartbroken Bubbe’s concern about her granddaughter being baptized
In a previous column, Bintel told Heartbroken Bubbe to "be the source of Yiddishkeit." Readers had thoughts.
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