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" By the time I graduated college, I was sick of what was out there. I wanted to bring something new to the Internet. "
Leandra Medine
Internet
Time
Sick
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" I want Man Repeller to feel like you're waking up in the morning, you're calling your girlfriend, you don't know what she is going to say, you don't really care what she has to say, but you know you're going to like it, and you're going to laugh and hang up the phone and feel ready to take on the day with all this new knowledge. "
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" There's charm, in some capacity, to every trend. I just think practicality should die. Crocs - blech. "
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" Being a man repeller becomes a process of elimination. If a guy is only really into your outfit and won't date you because of what you're wearing, they are too driven by the female exterior and don't care about your intellect. "
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" What good is a wall without framed art? It is like the equivalent of the accessories that you choose to wear to decorate a black dress - precisely the stuff that makes the wall/dress you. "
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" I never borrowed money from Mom. I lived at home, but my parents never helped me. I worked hard and moved out. I treated my blog like a business; hard work is important. "
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Business
" I understand that it's the thought that counts, but receiving money is so great, so if you're in a position to give an employee a bonus, just do that. "
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" Your doubts are generated by fear, and fear is a series of distorted thoughts. "
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" I have a pretty decent understanding of which posts will perform better than others. Specifically on Instagram, when it's a style picture, those ones always get way more likes. "
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" Don't get me wrong - I'm not against makeup. If I could manage looking like 'me' in a way that also read as tastefully, invisibly airbrushed, I'd sign up for that faster than you could choose a filter to do it for me. "
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You
" I wanted to be my own editor, and by 'editor,' I mean unedited-or. "
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" I'm someone very comfortable airing out the stories of my own life. Some people call it narcissism, but for me, the intention is that it will positively affect other people. "
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Me
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" I didn't actually even really know my grandmother; I must have been 3 or 4 when she died. "
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She
Must
" I'm not dressing with men in mind at all. I'm just going to wear what I want to wear. It makes things easier, too. "
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Mind
Going
" I don't hate what I see when I look in the mirror. Even if legions of others don't agree. I have accepted the reflection that reliably bounces back at me for its perks and its flaws. "
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" Nothing's worse than oily skin. "
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Skin
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" People often ask me if my parents helped me. My mother did lend me $10 to register the domain name. "
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Mother
Me
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" That's what I always wanted Man Repeller to do - to change the way people actually think. Showing young girls that there are no rules. "
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Think
" I buy all my perfumes duty free - I think people are fools not to. "
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Free
People
" Without getting too spiritual, God has done so much for me; the least I can do is drink Kiddush wine on a Friday night. "
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Friday
God
" Making the decision to embrace or to shun makeup is one that should be contingent on nothing more, nothing less, than doing what makes you feel like the best version of yourself. "
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You
" I think, fundamentally, Man Repeller is a voice for women to connect with; they can come and try it on for size and be a part of it, and if it works for them, they take it with them. "
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" My eyes will never be blue; my bone structure will never allow for you to mistake me for a Scandinavian model. "
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" Could Yosef be considered a Man Repeller even though he's a man? I'd love to get my hands on that techni-colored dream coat! Feels very Matthew Williamson to me. "
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" I gained this new sense of control over my love life because when I called myself a 'man repeller,' you assumed that being single is my choice. I'm man-repelling because that's how I want to dress. I'm not single because no men like me. I'm single because I choose fashion over a relationship. "
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" Most people assume that my style is so outlandish and out there, but the reality is I like very classic pieces just rendered unusually. "
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" I knew I wanted to be a fashion writer but didn't want to contribute to the over-saturated market unless I could contribute in a meaningful way. "
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" The number one thing I would say to someone who wants to start a business is if you really can't sleep at night and smack the passion out of yourself, then go for it, but if you can live a happy life working for someone else, do that. "
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" The men who really get repelled by what you're wearing are a little shallow, and you probably don't want to date them anyway. "
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" I have a degree in journalism, which is something that I make very clear very frequently just so people are aware of it. I went to school to write... Editorial integrity is very important to me. "
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