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" There's a really generous readership with YA. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Readership
Generous
Ya
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" Never post boring back-to-back selfies. "
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" Instagram is not a place for tone or irony. "
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" I would never give up 'The Wire,' 'Breaking Bad,' and 'Game of Thrones.' I'm grateful for all these expensive, excellent, graphically ambitious programs. "
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" Never post food on your Instagram. Nobody cares, and only old people do it. "
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" I am anti-Halloween. "
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" Home is where I climb out of my mecha-suit-of-a-poised-persona and power down. "
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" I have a lot of respect for people who write a whole book because I've heard it will kill you. "
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" Texting is incredibly anxiety-laden, but I know people who will have a full-blown panic attack if you call them. I'm one of those nightmare humans where the little mailbox has an ellipsis on it because I have 1000 unread emails. So texting is the most immediate yet least anxious of all the incredibly anxious ways that we talk to each other. "
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" I suspect that living 24/7 in workout attire is the clothing version of the messy topknot. We all know that your hair is dirty, or too long, or too frizzy, or your roots have grown out, but we are all going to accept it as fabulous because that's the deal. "
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" My sweet spot as a writer and, especially, as an essayist is sub-1500 words. "
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" Join a Bikram-flow-yoga, Flywheel, or Pilates class so you can find spiritual oneness amid grunting socialite moms. Do whatever you want. Just, please, for the love of God, stop talking about it. "
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" For my first job interview out of college, I wore a cream-colored cotton suit with cap sleeves and an inverted box pleat skirt that was appropriate for the late-August heat - and wildly discordant with the Red Hook offices of the graffiti magazine I had called twice to find. "
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Find
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" I'm pretty sure I peaked at 15. "
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" The thing about leaving New York is that you can come back. "
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You
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" A fanboy's heart is filled with love, enthusiasm, and insecurity. "
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" Eventually, I just want to write wavy little short stories. "
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" The first time I drank LaCroix, I half expected it to be filled with self-tanner. Or Axe body spray. "
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" If there was a button that I could push that would agog my brain to the level that I felt first seeing 'Avatar' in its entirety and another one for food pellets, I would die of starvation. "
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Brain
" LaCroix sparkling water is absolutely delicious. "
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" If you are someone's emergency contact - you are their person, and they are your person - there is work involved. "
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" I find texting to be kind of a safe space. "
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" I love New York, but sometimes New York is so mean to you. "
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" From the first time I harangued my mother into buying me a pair of platform sandals at the irascible and persistent age of 11, I've worn heels. "
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" Nothing beats SoulCycle for dumbing all the way out or re-calibrating a mood in less than an hour, which is reassuring, since I typically wake up in a panic that's candy-coated with a low-grade rage. "
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" When I moved to New York City from Texas at 22, amateur hour was over. As a newly grown-up person, I vowed I would wear dresses and skirts, wool trousers occasionally, and heels always. "
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" 'Sorry' is unlike anything Bieber has made in the past. It has been classified as 'tropical house' and 'dancehall,' but everyone seems to agree on one thing: It's a banger. "
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