Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

Perform a close reading of three columns from Part 6. In what ways do these compare with the earlier Rumpus columns? Which personal, social, and political factors could account for the difference?

What impact does anonymity have on the Dear Sugar column? In what way does it facilitate interpersonal connection, both between advice columnist and correspondent and the Dear Sugar readership at large? You should focus on at least two columns in your answer.

Using at least two columns, explore to what extent Sugar manages to steer clear of identity politics in her responses to those writing to her. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this?