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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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" No matter the candidate, every detail in a campaign is carefully and strategically framed for our consumption. The devil is in them. "

Leandra Medine

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" I'm Jewish, so I don't really do Christmas gifts, and Hanukkah is not as big a deal as gifts are concerned, so I never actually give gifts. "

" As someone who has been known for the way they've been dressed, it's almost OK for me to wear New Balances and sweat pants. I'm not necessarily moulding trends, but it's OK if I'm not adhering to them. "

Leandra Medine

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" I have such a simple process - it takes me, like, ten minutes to get ready. "

" One thing I didn't think upon getting married: that my style would - or could - change. "

" My blog is not about repelling men, it's about good fashion. "

" I didn't actually even really know my grandmother; I must have been 3 or 4 when she died. "

" I do not wear a lot of makeup. On social media, this seems to work both in my favor and against me. "

" I buy all my perfumes duty free - I think people are fools not to. "

" People always ask me how I muster the strength to be so open about things, and I explain to them that I took the Myers-Briggs test, like, four times, and every single time, I ranked an 87 percent extrovert, so it would probably take more strength for me to shut up. "

Leandra Medine

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" Fashion Week is a great opportunity to make unimportant people feel like they own the world. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Without getting too spiritual, God has done so much for me; the least I can do is drink Kiddush wine on a Friday night. "

" Nothing feels better than constructing a beautiful sentence. "

" My goal is never to push anyone to do anything other than think. "

" I understand that there are thick, dark circles under my eyes. I have grown to appreciate them. I have noticed that my nose grows a little hookier on a near-monthly basis. That's fine. I know there are wrinkles ready to stake their claim as full time residents on my forehead any moment now. My dad has those, too, and I find that endearing. "

" I don't say in the morning, 'Look, Leandra, here are a bunch of women. Put that bronzer down.' It's more that I'm busy and whatever helps you get out the door and go to sleep easier. "

" Most people assume that my style is so outlandish and out there, but the reality is I like very classic pieces just rendered unusually. "

" I realized that if I were a 23-year-old girl getting married, and I wasn't struggling with it, that would likely mean that something was either massively wrong with me or that my brain is made up of delicately wrapped almonds that serve perfectly as party favors. "

" Especially with Instagram, I feel reluctant to make all the photos beautiful because I don't necessarily want to send this message that life is perfect and your avocado toast is always going to be beautifully lit. I want readers to feel like the Man Repeller page is real and kind of dirty. Messy. "

" I have never done anything to my brows, though sometimes I tweeze the intersection of the left and right brow, which is either a really good thing or a really bad thing. "

" Sloane Crosley and David Sedaris are two of my favorite writers; they're the kind of writers who make you feel like, 'I can do this. I want to do this.' "

" Man Repeller is intended to chronicle all the fashion trends that women love and men hate. I started it because I am woman with a deep appreciation for harem pants. And sometimes blaming clothing on a sad love life is easier than blaming oneself! "

" I got a C in art when I was in 11th grade. That it is even possible to come out of a high school art class with a C is wondrous, especially considering the creative license we were encouraged to use to, for lack of a better axiom, color outside the lines. "

" There's charm, in some capacity, to every trend. I just think practicality should die. Crocs - blech. "

" 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. "

" You have to keep a feeling of goodness in your exteriors. "

" I started my blog when I was a senior in college, and I knew that all the people in my program were probably going to be applying for very similar jobs, so I needed something to separate my resume. "

" 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. "