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Wenjia Tang

Being a Pastor Is More Joyful With a Friend by Your Side

“To be able to talk about things that only we as young women clergy experience is really comforting.”

  • Julie Beck
March 22, 2019
Wenjia Tang

When the Jezebel Comments Section Went on Vacation Together

“We had been talking about doing a big group meet-up somewhere and we picked Dollywood.” “It was one of the most wonderful moments of my life.”

  • Julie Beck
March 15, 2019
Wenjia Tang

The Evolution of a 20-Year Pen-Pal Friendship

“I saw her as who I would have been if I grew up on a farm in Apple Canyon Lake. And I think she saw me as the same thing, but reversed.”

  • Julie Beck
March 8, 2019
Wenjia Tang

How 14 Friends From the Vietnam War Lost and Found One Another Again

"It was a lot more than just cavalry guys getting together. We really became true family."

  • Julie Beck
March 1, 2019
Wenjia Tang

The Fan-Fiction Friendship That Fueled a Romance-Novel Empire

“We have two relationships. We have to talk about money, and then we have the friendship.”

  • Julie Beck
February 22, 2019
Wenjia Tang

A Friendship Baked in the Great British Bake Off Tent

“You need a bowl or a whisk, and one of your baking friends will get it for you. You know those trenches in the war? It’s kind of like that.”

  • Julie Beck
February 15, 2019
Wenjia Tang

He Returned His Friend’s Sweatshirt 20 Years After He Borrowed It

“It became my most meaningful piece of clothing that I owned.”

  • Julie Beck
February 15, 2019
Wenjia Tang

When a Teacher Becomes a Friend

"I think we just started coming to Mr. O's room for lunch. I don't even know if we asked permission. Probably not."

  • Julie Beck
February 15, 2019
Wenjia Tang

What It’s Like to Make a Friend on Bumble BFF

“People can be really judgmental, like, ‘What’s wrong with you that you can’t make friends by yourself?’ But it’s honestly really hard to do it naturally.”

  • Julie Beck
February 15, 2019
Wenjia Tang

Introducing ‘The Friendship Files’

A new series that tells stories of human life through conversations with friends

  • Julie Beck
February 15, 2019
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