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An advice column is a type of newspaper column that offers advice to readers. The columnist who offers advice is colloquially known as an agony aunt. Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ... An agony aunt is an advice columnist at a magazine or newspaper. ... A column a recurring piece or article in a newspaper, magazine or other publication. ... A columnist is a journalist who produces a specific form of writing for publication called a column. Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and the Internet. ... An agony aunt is an advice columnist at a magazine or newspaper. ...

Typical format

Questions are most often asked 'anonymously', with the signature assuming the problem that is being expressed. For example, someone who is asking about erratic behavior in their partner may sign their letter "Confused, Johannesburg".

On the Internet, a greater variation on the signature theme is often seen. The person's signature may refer to the problem being expressed, but rather in a phrase, which the 'agony aunt' abbreviates so as to spell an appropriate word. For instance, "Confused About My Partner" would become "CAMP". Dan Savage uses this method to comic effect in his Savage Love column. Dan Savage at the 5th Avenue High School Musical Theatre Awards, 2006 Daniel Keenan Savage (born October 7, 1964[1] near Chicago, Illinois, USA) is an openly gay American sex advice columnist, author, media pundit, journalist, and newspaper editor. ... Savage Love is a syndicated sex-advice column by Dan Savage, appearing weekly in several dozen newspapers, mainly free city papers in the U.S. and Canada, but also newspapers in Europe and Asia. ...

External links

• Dear, Kitty - An online advice column written by teens, for teens.
• Advice 4 U - Advice for anyone any age with any trouble.
• Ask GirlShrink - Advice for Women by for Advice/Counseling Website-- GirlShrink.com
• Ask John Q - The online virtual advice column for the people, by the people. Why seek one unqualified opinion when you can have them all?
• Dear Abby
• Elder Wisdom Circle - Volunteer grandparents provide advice and guidance for most any problem. Service is free and confidential.
• Sense & Sensitivity
• Spill To Jill Free Advice
• Sweet Reason Advice for the nonreligious & their friends