Two Paragraphs from Taiwan
Bites from the eggplant-shaped island by an American expatriate.
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What the final days feel like (opens the original)
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What if you knew with absolutely certainty that you were going to be hit by a car in the coming days, but you didn’t know when or how? Will it slam into your house while you sleep? Will it be a fender bender you walk away from, or something that will wreck your body for life? That’s what the final days of pregnancy feel like. Our baby is measuring at approximately 6 lbs and 15 oz right now, and sometimes I’ll be on a work call or making dinner and a leg simply protrudes from the top of my bump.
How I work invisibly from Taiwan (opens the original)
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I began my career in very Devil Wears Prada fashion as an assistant at Glamour magazine, within the famed Condé Nast—where, yes, I respectfully dodged eye contact with Anna Wintour and David Remnick, and once anxiously curtsied at Si Newhouse. From there, I spent several years at teen magazines, interviewing Zendaya, Harry Styles, and Kylie Jenner for their first-ever cover stories. On two occasions, Ariana Grande (completely unaccompanied, sans manager, publi
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