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I paid $14.35 for an Etsy witch to tell me about the energy of my son’s book (opens the original)
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A few weeks ago, I was scrolling through Threads, as I do, and I came upon a post by a woman who said she paid an Etsy nona $6 to send good vibes to her book launch. ”Huh,” I thought. “I love that.” A bunch of people commented asking for the nona’s handle, so I lurked and clicked and checked her out. In a sea of five-star reviews, her single one-star review stood out. It indicated that she used ChatGPT to write up her messages, and when I looked at the description of her services, I saw that she
“Are you stressed because you’re behind on having babies?” (opens the original)
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I woke up on my 30th birthday to my grandparents, fully dressed, sitting at my dining room table, discussing my granola bars. “Whitney! Did you know there’s gluten in these?” Papa asked as I walked by in my PJs on my way to the kitchen. That first sip of coffee needed to keep its promises. “I didn’t, no, Papa,” I sighed. I’d had a grand idea, as I do, to enjoy a multi-generational dinner at Canlis, arguably the most iconic restaurant in Seattle, with sweeping skyline views, for my 30th birthday.
Grief looks like Michelle Pfeiffer in The Madison (opens the original)
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I am a consumer, an observer, of culture. I love media in all its forms, and especially on TV. My best friend in high school and I would survive laps around the track in PE by discussing the previous afternoon’s episode of Oprah, my entire sorority would pile into our TV room for weekly episodes of The O.C., and I entered into a bracket or two for The Bachelor at work. I love holding books in my hands as much as I love denting the couch cushion for a binge watch. It’s the stories that fuel me mo
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