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Writer and critic for hire. Author of the novel ALL MY MOTHER'S LOVERS. Queer, tired, Jewish, and ill. (ilanaslightly most other places)

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The Incredible Freedom of Not Trying to Look Good Original

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By Ilana Masad Verified
| The Atlantic Verified
No one explicitly told me that long hair was beautiful, but even as a child, I knew it was. My Barbies had it. Disney princesses had it. The American Girl dolls I coveted had it. So I had it too, even though it was a literal pain. “One must suffer to be beautiful,” my dad would quip when I yelped and jerked away from my mother pulling a comb through my always-tangled hair. Cutting it short would have been more practical. But I wanted to be beautiful—of course I did.
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I, Too, Am Begging You to Read Terry Pratchett

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By Ilana Masad Verified
| Flaming Hydra
Ankh-Morpork, the beautifully chaotic city-state where many of the late Terry Pratchett’s beloved Discworld novels take place, has a beggars’ guild. It’s basically a protection racket: if you don’t want any of the “Twitchers, Droolers, Dribblers, Mumblers, Mutterers, Walking-Along-Shouters, Demanders of a Chip, People who call other people Jimmy, People who need Tuppence for a Cup of Tea, People who need Eightpence for a Meal, People with placards saying ‘Why lie?
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Read As Thou Wilt

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By Ilana Masad Verified
| Flaming Hydra
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