An Open Letter to the Pillow Pics Men on Dating Apps

Jennie Young
2 min readMar 24, 2024

Dear Harold et al.,

First, you can thank me for scratching out your face, which you may assume I did to protect your identity but which I actually did to protect The Internet from the contents of your nostrils.

Secondly, I know this profile isn’t working for you, but I suspect you don’t know why, so let me explain.

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Jennie Young

Professor and humor writer in Green Bay. McSweeney’s, The Independent, HuffPost, Ms. Mag, Education Week, Inside Higher Ed, Slackjaw, Weekly Humorist, others.