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"How much of Joan Didion’s popularity is related to her being thin?"

I'm almost done with "Slouching Towards Bethlehem," the first book I've read of hers, and I keep looking at that pic of her on the back with her cigarette basically wondering the same thing.

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To be fair, I like Joan Didion's work very much but her appeal with the general population has to be somewhat related to her iconic svelte look!

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3. Please, please, please. Least favorite verb.

30. Because we have childhood memories of Oakland's greatness and/or we love an underdog and/or Oakland needs all the help it can get

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I do like an Oakland A's hat but I feel the Oaklandish brand gets overworn!

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Number 3!!!!! And number 37!!!!! Bless you, Edan.

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:)

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#4 oof but ngl I have wondered this myself. Was it you who also said as much about Miranda July? (I think I might love you, Edan)

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Yep! I called it "the Joan Didion effect" in a previous post for paying subscribers! :)

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You would def end up on the bestseller list for that.

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LOL [goes to rolodex to see who might be good for a heist...]

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#3 forever.

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13. This just made me want to get more tattoos, as a not young person

32. But what has she been up to?! Where is Elisha Cuthbert???

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She has, unfortunately, been getting a lot of fillers.

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1. Why does my son hate mac and cheese? What did I do to him?

2. The only excuse for this is a tight connection to make.

3. Please god.

10. I bought a theragun in 2020 because I never got the opportunity to get a massage while pregnant. It is great.

14. As a person who has and loves tattoos, I have recently thought that I probably should have just bought real gold jewelry every time I got the itch for a tattoo....

27. Bras are boob jail.

31. I hate when I see one of these stickers that are internet culture to me in real life. These stickers belong on the internet!

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I agree--a tight connection, fine, but really those people don't have tight connections! Or most of them don't!

BOOB JAIL! My honeylove bra is very comfy but it looks like a hospital bed: BEIGE AND SAD AND USEFUL.

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Wait, Lexie, my son ALSO hates Mac and cheese! I make the Annie’s for myself ☹️

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I personally love Annie's. Reminds me of college solo dinners.

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there is no substitute for Kraft Mac n Cheese

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Agreed. Annie's tastes totally different so it's for a different craving!

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HA, very much also question #2, 14 and 36!

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I do like Sabrina C's new album...but she also seems created in a lab?

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3. Endow?

10. She adopted it in 2024 and pays to keep it clean.

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Endow works for a tax setting. For others, there is already a good word: GIVE.

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Every time there's a hint I think is terrible, it's always from Steve G.

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But bless his heart!

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He's giving the world more than I am, that's for sure.

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4 and 30 lol

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LOLZZZZ

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