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" My goal is never to push anyone to do anything other than think. "
Leandra Medine
Think
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Push
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" Fashion is used as a tool to convey a point about who we are or potentially want to be. Whether or not a civilian curates his or her own aesthetic is up that person, but it is an integral part of one's public image. "
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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. "
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" You have to keep a feeling of goodness in your exteriors. "
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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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" I didn't launch the website with any goals in mind, to be honest. I didn't know that it would have been anything other than a digital portfolio once I graduated college. "
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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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" I don't take such good care of my skin; my mom kills me about it... I sit in the sun so much. I love a tan. "
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" Initially what defined me as a 'man repeller' was my conscious effort to wear clothing that was attractive in my opinion but not necessarily in a man's opinion. "
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" 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. "
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" I wore some stupid brocade dress to my prom. "
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" Fashion Week is a great opportunity to make unimportant people feel like they own the world. "
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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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" I think Man Repeller is more about self-confidence than it is about a woman's relationship with a man. "
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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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" I have always had a fleeting relationship with clothing. "
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" It seems inevitable, if unfair, that when a woman is vying for a prominent position in office, her outfit choices will be analyzed to a degree considerably higher than those of her male counterpart by simple existence of gender stereotypes. "
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" Sometimes I wear red lipstick - it makes me feel sophisticated. "
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" 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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" When push comes to shove, no one really cares what you're wearing except you. "
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" I wanted to be my own editor, and by 'editor,' I mean unedited-or. "
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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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" 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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" My blog is not about repelling men, it's about good fashion. "
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" 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. "
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" The holidays are only overwhelming because it's crunch time. It's like everyone trying to get last-minute things in before the New Year starts. "
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" I think that when I started Man Repeller, the Internet was still hungry for authentic content from girls that weren't actresses or supermodels and were just relatable girls who had opinions and outfit ideas, and they weren't always good, but at least they were original. "
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" 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. "
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