MJ Franklin was an Assistant Editor at Mashable and a host of the MashReads Podcast.


By MJ Franklin
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Airbnb vs. Vrbo: Everything you need to know about both accommodation sites

The best high- and low-tech coffee makers to help you get your caffeine fix

Public service announcement: Stop! F*cking! Snitch tagging!

12 Craigslist alternatives to sell stuff, find a job, or get laid


Alex London puts a queer twist on the fantasy epic with his new book 'Black Wings Beating'


'Florida' is a haunting look at the 'pestilence and dread' hiding in the sunshine state

Read the first 2 chapters of Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera's new book, 'What If It's Us'

13 songs that should be your next Pride anthem

Everything you need to know about World Refugee Day

Here are the best books of 2018 so far, according to Amazon

11 unforgettable books about fatherhood that totally get it right

11 podcasts to listen to if you want to laugh your ass off


Bill Clinton co-wrote a mystery thriller with James Patterson about a missing president. Seriously.

'An American Marriage' is a beautiful love story that's as heartbreaking as it is complex


Stephen King really, really hates Twitter, apparently

6 oddly mesmerizing live videos of lava gushing from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano

Here are the 5 books you need to read, according to Bill Gates

Turns out one of Deadpool's comic artists has been drawing his own death for years
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