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Living on the Edge

On any given day, I can have a conversation with my sister exclusively in memes. We usually exchange pithy phrases like “OMG me”, “So real”, “Truuuee!” We’re millennials, after all. But the real stars of our Instagram direct messages are text-covered images that all speak to the same topic: anxiety. Or stress. Or both. One of my favourites: “Current stress level: Elizabeth James finding out that she’s going to be seeing Nick Parker after 11 years.” And the real kicker: “Hey, I like your personality. Thanks, it’s a disorder.”

I was

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