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this was so rich + beautiful (and I hope you feel this community rallying around you as you hopefully get the credit + payment you deserve for your work)

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eve! i love you and thank you! i did get the payment in the end 😌

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the crowd goes wilddd

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ahhh fuck you and this post, switching to being a paid subscriber

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Tim! made my day, and absolutely fuck this post 😁💕

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A+ to me you are the coolest for being so real

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Lila 💔 i’m blushing

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maybe its slavic immigrant uncoolness syndrome™️ and if so im definitely a part of it<3

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we must unionize

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my god I love the way you write. you are cool in my eyes, internet stranger :)

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wow thank you Chiara 💜💜

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brilliant as always! i love you and i love this

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love you so much <3

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This essay is so beautiful and brilliant, what a treat to read it 🫂

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thank you! 🤍

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Absolutely love this post 🥰

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thank you so much my love

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this is the best thing i’ve ever read on here. truly amazing and unfortunately relatable

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abi!! thank you <3

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Goddamn it's like you're in my head sometimes (xo a mid-twenties y/o)

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🤍🤍

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Feel so much better about myself after reading this. Very cool thank you

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you are cool ella 💕 thank you

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i love this and the way you write. i rly resonate with this desire to be cool that you talked about, this desire to be wanted, to be affirmed, and its comic imperfection and impossibility.

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thank you so much <3 beautiful words! same here

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coolness is extremely overrated.

you deserve to be paid for the article you wrote. full stop.

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thank you Elizabeth <3

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Coolness is far an inadequate word to describe what you create here..✨✨

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im smiling at my screen like an idiot

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I really really really love how you write!!!

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thank you! 🤍

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this is too true </3 such a beautiful piece that also made me feel so seen

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I think you are very cool for writing this btw ♡

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