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Features @thisisinsider . @asmenext mentor. Formerly @VanityFair , @NYMag . a she/they

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Claire Landsbaum
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Women went feral for Joe Arden, the romance narrator known as the “king of fuck” because he was just...that good at saying “fuck.” Then he was accused of emotionally manipulating women, and his own fans turned against him
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Claire Landsbaum
5 years
I got back from Paris on Monday night and I wasn’t tested/screened/asked a single question about my travel upon re-entry.
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Trump claims (falsely) all Americans returning to country are being tested:"We have heavily tested. If an American coming back or anybody coming back, we have a tremendous testing set up where people coming in have to be tested ... if it shows positive ... We have to quarantine."
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2 years
Being an editor is just saying “great, I’ll take a look” on loop until you die
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4 years
Apropos of nothing, 9 out of every 10 people who cold pitch me are white men. This week alone I’ve received three completed pieces on spec. I would like that to be different: claire_landsbaum @condenast .com
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Claire Landsbaum
2 years
An SNL associate producer looked down at a sample of Listerine strips, then at the young staffer next to him. “You should put one of those on your vagina,” he told her. “I bet it would feel good.” via @thisisinsider
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Claire Landsbaum
4 years
Thrilled to publish a spicy excerpt from @brianstelter ’s HOAX, featuring Sean Hannity’s vape addiction, his secret admission that Trump is “crazy,” and Fox staffers’ quiet shame via @VanityFair
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Claire Landsbaum
3 years
So many batshit nuggets from @CarolLeonnig and @PhilipRucker ’s Donald Trump interview, but this is my favorite line, on Deborah Birx: “She was a lot of work, a real diva with the scarves and shit.” via @VanityFair
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Claire Landsbaum
3 years
It’s ~personal news~ time: After four wonderful years, Friday was my last day at @VanityFair . I’m immensely proud to have been part of @VFHIVE and the brand as a whole. And the people I got to call colleagues are simply *the best* (see: this farewell cover)
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5 years
Me in March vs me in April
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For years, @litcapital has kept his identity a secret: disguising his voice on the podcast he co-hosted, restricting phone use at events, hiding his face on Zoom. But once @BusinessInsider started digging, it didn’t take long to find out his name.
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Claire Landsbaum
4 years
. @RaquelWillis_ is a crucial voice here. Read her words and internalize them
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. @abigailtracy got an exclusive preview of @mattgaetz ’s book, which is sort of what you’d think it would be but also not at all via @VanityFair
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Claire Landsbaum
5 years
. @alyandaj told me all about their “Attack of Panic” video premiering exclusively on @VanityFair . Fave details: they filmed it sprinting around Berlin with no time and no crew, it’s inspired by Labyrinth, it builds on their push to address mental health
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Claire Landsbaum
9 months
I’ve always said this about my time at (beloved) Vanity Fair: the entire editorial team is like 20 people. For a national magazine whose news vertical is supposed to compete with the NYT, WaPo, WSJ. The disconnect between expectations and resources is insane.
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“Everyone has been making do with nothing for years, so for this to happen, it’s like things might just come apart from here,” says @delia_cai about the culling at Condé. “You would be shocked at how few people are holding it up.”
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Claire Landsbaum
3 years
Exhausted by the human condition of running out of something and needing to buy more of it
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5 years
Some Personal News
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Claire Landsbaum
9 months
If you’ve been laid off and are looking for a home for a longform narrative feature idea, slide into my inbox: clandsbaum @businessinsider .com
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Claire Landsbaum
5 years
@darth best part is I’ve had a fever/body aches/chest tightness since Monday, just spoke to an ER technician who said ‘I’ll be honest with you, you probably have it’ and advised me to continue quarantining (have been since Monday)
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Claire Landsbaum
7 months
Excited to share that @DanaSchusterNYC and I are hiring! We’re looking for a deeply experienced features writer with ideas that make everyone jealous. Details here:
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Claire Landsbaum
2 years
TikTok dancer Miranda Derrick’s story caught fire when her family alleged she was in a cult. @mjnblack ’s reporting says that “cult” goes back 30 years. What’s happening to Derrick, says a former member, is “history repeating itself.” via @thisisinsider
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Claire Landsbaum
2 years
@katiedwarren this was the same timeframe a 17-year-old fan said cast member Horatio Sanz sexually assaulted her. She is suing Sanz, as well as SNL and NBC. “He didn’t abuse me in a vacuum,” she told @lpbradley in February. “He abused me all over SNL.”
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Claire Landsbaum
4 years
Glad to see Glenn Greenwald’s Google alert for Glenn Greenwald is fully functional
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Glenn Greenwald
4 years
I'll never understand why totally mediocre journalists who have never done and never will do any meaningful reporting believe it's helpful to show the world their embittered professional jealously. Seems like working harder would be a better solution.
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@LEBassett goo gone is the hero here
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Claire Landsbaum
2 years
@CaitJGibson hey Caitlin, so sorry to hear this. any chance you’d be down to DM me David’s email address? would love to be in touch with him about potential future openings at Insider (if he’d like)
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Claire Landsbaum
2 years
people who worked on SNL in the late 90s and early aughts told @katiedwarren that incidents like this one were common. “The goal was protecting the celebrities and the cast members,” said a former intern. “Was there anyone looking out for us as young women? No.”
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Claire Landsbaum
3 years
It was a damn good four years, and now comes the next chapter. Starting January 31st, I’ll get to contribute to some of the fantastic reporting happening at @thisisinsider as a deputy features editor.
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Claire Landsbaum
6 months
Yesterday I was turned down for a cool professional opportunity, but today I pulled one of the most satisfying ingrown hairs of all time. What I’m saying is that everything nets out
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Claire Landsbaum
4 years
My greatest strength is that I will follow up until one of us dies
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Claire Landsbaum
4 years
We asked writers, poets, politicos, and historians to draft an ending to the Trump show. My favorites come from @eileenmyles and @petridishes but there’s really no bad option via @VanityFair @joehagansays
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Claire Landsbaum
5 years
In which @PeterHamby asks Dr. Fauci what you all *really* want to know via @VanityFair
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Claire Landsbaum
6 years
“It’s the candidates who don’t have a coherent purpose for seeking office who become suffocated in an avalanche of little blue birdies saying ‘That ain’t it, chief.’” via @PeterHamby @VFHIVE
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Claire Landsbaum
4 years
On the eve of 2021, read my interview with the eternally wonderful @chaninicholas about what to expect in the coming months via @VanityFair
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Claire Landsbaum
4 years
Homans was my boss, mentor, friend. He once told me I was a “young person going places,” the most Homans-y compliment of all. Almost everything I know about editing I learned from him. And I wish there had been time for more
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New York Magazine
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John Homans, who edited features at New York Magazine from 1994 to 2014, died Wednesday night at 62. There was nobody quite like him, writes @heybonanos
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Claire Landsbaum
2 years
@thisisinsider they were sharing an elevator down from 30 Rock. The staffer, in her 20s, had to ride with the associate producer, in his 30s or 40s, the rest of the way
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Claire Landsbaum
4 years
This @LysandraO piece about growing up with Ivanka Trump is fascinating, devastating, and sticks with you after you put it down via @VanityFair
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Amazing how it drops 10 degrees and I’m miserable again???
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Claire Landsbaum
5 years
Hot tip it’s much easier to eat ice cream straight from the freezer with a grapefruit spoon (serrated edges) you are welcome
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Claire Landsbaum
3 years
Thinking about the Kimberly Guilfoyle/Gavin Newsom Harper’s Bazaar shoot for no reason at all
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Ellie Hall
4 years
Never forget that Kimberly Guilfoyle and her then-husband Gavin Newsom posed on a rug for a Harper's Bazaar story calling them "The New Kennedys."
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Claire Landsbaum
3 years
I was out last week when this posted, but I am SO EXCITED to share that @thisisinsider ’s features team is hiring!!! Come work with me and @DanaSchusterNYC ! Go after your dream stories! Join our team of fantastic reporters! Apply below:
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Claire Landsbaum
4 years
I can’t get over the opening scene in this @emilyjanefox story: Michael Cohen running through the Otisville prison yard to chuck his own book manuscript into a fire via @VanityFair
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Claire Landsbaum
4 years
Anyone else wake up with anxiety coursing through their entire body or
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2 years
Anyone else feeling like a boat beating on against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past or just me
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2 months
edits on your piece ❤️
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bf made me a reminder meme
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8 months
@litcapital @BusinessInsider In fact, it appears on a public form that Litquidity Venture Partners LLC filed with the SEC in early November of last year
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Claire Landsbaum
4 years
. @jmpalmieri grapples with a lot in this one, bringing nuance and firsthand experience to bear. It's worth your time via @VanityFair
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Claire Landsbaum
4 years
Our September issue is live on . You can read Ta-Nehisi Coates’s spectacular editor’s letter here:
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Claire Landsbaum
5 years
New from @Lis_Smith : Dr. Fauci is the new Mayor Pete via @VanityFair
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Claire Landsbaum
4 years
You’ve all seen the @ProjectLincoln ads—you know the ones. So @calebecarma spoke to @BenHowe , one of the minds behind them, about how much fun he has pissing off Trump via @VanityFair
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Claire Landsbaum
3 years
@annaesilman @thisisinsider Anna spoke to more than 50 entertainment insiders for this story, the majority of whom asked not to be named out of fear of retaliation. “I’ve never seen anyone burn so many bridges with so many people,” a person familiar with Braun’s business dealings said.
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Claire Landsbaum
5 years
Hmmmmm interesting that Warren and Klobuchar are the only two asking for “forgiveness” for getting “worked up” or being “blunt” 👀
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MJ Lee
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Warren says she wants to ask for forgiveness. Says she knows that sometimes "I get a little worked up. I get a little hot."
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Claire Landsbaum
4 years
Has anyone else not eaten a vegetable in like three days
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Claire Landsbaum
3 years
A journalism student just asked me what I’d be doing in five years and I blacked out
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Claire Landsbaum
5 months
Forever grateful to @nichcarlson for poaching me and throwing me right into a killer features operation. I’ve had time and space to get good at the thing I love, and that’s thanks to him and BI. Plus, he makes funny noises in the office. He will be missed!
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LEAKED MEMO: My time as EIC of Business Insider is ending, and I'm really excited for what's next…
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Claire Landsbaum
4 years
I think about John Homans every day but especially tofuckingday
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Claire Landsbaum
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@litcapital @BusinessInsider plus, half a dozen people who either knew or had worked with @litcapital were quick to volunteer or confirm his name. BI cross-checked it with FINRA, and it was clear we’d found our man.
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Claire Landsbaum
3 years
I feel like the J school students who ask me for career advice should know that like 80% of my diet is eggs and toast
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@skeatings as a true Pisces I am literally having a breakdown about this essay
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Claire Landsbaum
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Read @JeffSharlet on the insidious ideology of the Trump administration’s 1776 report via @VanityFair
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Loved working with @JeffSharlet on this brilliant piece about the unholy mind-fuckery of Trump rallies. Read it and tremble via @VanityFair
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Claire Landsbaum
3 years
Many great lines in @JeffSharlet ’s analysis of Biden’s speech today, but here’s my favorite: Such is the danger of “unity”—it is a myth that imagines we are better than we are, rather than calling on us to become better than we have been. via @VanityFair
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Claire Landsbaum
3 years
NEW from @annaesilman : Scooter Braun, the mega-manager behind Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande, says he’s a nice guy in a bad business. But Taylor Swift isn’t the only one who’s seen his dark side via @thisisinsider
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3 years
@imteddybless I love the variety of accents. I love pretending that love is as uncomplicated as the show imagines it is. I love crying along w the contestants when their families visit. I love the ~fashion~
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I swear to god the number of hours I have spent trying to find out if someone on the internet is gay or just cool
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Oh look, journalism about trans kids that isn’t fucking bonkers
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We asked trans people and their families for guidance about what had worked for them. Maybe their suggestions could help your family.
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3 years
Sure, lifting the midnight dining curfew is great, but starting May 10 my library branch is OPEN FOR BROWSING !!!!
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Claire Landsbaum
5 years
I spoke to @Kristen_Arnett about dead goats, vulnerability, queerness, and how all those things are interrelated (because they are) via @VanityFair
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Claire Landsbaum
11 months
Proud to have edited two finalists for the @LAPressClub ’s national arts & entertainment journalism awards! @MelkorkaLicea ’s excellent investigation into music startup Pollen, and @libbytorres95 ’s gorgeous Diane Guerrero cover
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Full disclosure the main reason I want a life partner is so someone will watch my shit while I use the airport bathroom
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Wearing masks in public is the best thing that’s ever happened to me and my 27 exes
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Read the incomparable @JeffSharlet on the insidious blend of Christianity and white nationalism that fueled January 6, as told by the officers who bore witness via @VanityFair
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Claire Landsbaum
6 years
“Stalking behaviors and emotional boundary–breaching have been normalized as romance through popular-culture produced by a system controlled by men.” Thank you @TheCut
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I would like to thank Jenna Maroney
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4 years
Mentally I am here
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5 years
Fun fact Rush Limbaugh once called me a “millennial idiot” by name on air and his army of trolls sent me death/rape threats for weeks!
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Claire Landsbaum
4 years
Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley aren’t sorry via @VanityFair
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Claire Landsbaum
4 years
There are no words for it so here are some of Homans’s go-to’s: "we'll go down the road" "that's money" "what the fuck is up?" "that's journalism" "harsh toke" "eggsellent" "when you were in short pants" and lots more. You could write a dictionary
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Claire Landsbaum
6 years
A book character unexpectedly died on my way to work may I please be excused
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Claire Landsbaum
4 years
My inbox is very full! Thank you! I would like to amend this with: I edit for The Hive, VF's politics/business/tech/media website. I'm looking for pitches under that umbrella. And we don't generally publish op-eds, open letters, or personal essays.
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Claire Landsbaum
4 years
Apropos of nothing, 9 out of every 10 people who cold pitch me are white men. This week alone I’ve received three completed pieces on spec. I would like that to be different: claire_landsbaum @condenast .com
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5 years
I….
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Bill O'Reilly
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Warren pounding Bloomberg about non disclosure agreements signed by women. All companies have those. Bloomberg looks weak.
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I miss Homans constantly, all the time. Reading this is hard but a good thing to do today via @VanityFair
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Claire Landsbaum
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Is anyone “doing work” today and if so how
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Claire Landsbaum
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Me: *gets strep* Friend: isn’t strep for 12-year-olds? Me: apparently it can flare up with stress Friend: so you have election throat? Me: …...
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Claire Landsbaum
5 years
“I knew America was unlikely to undo more than a millennium of human conditioning in one election cycle,” says @jmpalmieri of the roadblocks facing women candidates. “Still, I didn’t think it would be this bad.” via @VFHIVE
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Claire Landsbaum
4 years
ICYMI: this @emilyjanefox interview with Michael Cohen’s daughter, Samantha, is a fascinating look at the fate of the Trump-adjacent via @VanityFair
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@feministabulous ignored a DM
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I’m fine (I’m not fine) @VanityFair
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