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Hi-ho silver lining

HWAET, STYLE ACOLYTES. What gives? But, wait, more about moi. For something incredibly harrowing happened to me the other day: seismic, life-changing etc.

I was forced to endure 20 minutes of film footage in which I appeared listening to a speech at a modish dinner table. You’ll remember when Catherine Zeta-Jones sued for being photographed eating at her wedding? Bitch was right.

The experience was akin to one of those Weight Watchers narratives in which

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