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Melissa Petro

New York
As seen in: Elemental, Medium, MSN, Yahoo Entertainment, Yahoo Life, Business Insider, Business Insider Singapore, HuffPost, MSN Deutschland, MSN India and
Author of SHAME ON YOU: How to be a Woman in the Age of Mortification (Putnam/@penguinrandom 2024), rep: @Lauramazer. She/her, NYC.
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I get Botox as often as I can afford it. My aging face started to distract me on work calls — the cost is worth every penny. Original

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By Melissa Petro
| Business Insider
As I get older, I'm surprised by how viscerally I react to my own reflection. My face distracts me on Zoom calls. I angle the camera just so to sharpen my jawline and soften the "marionette" effect. I understand that aging is not a personal failing, and yet, a familiar feeling arises anyway: shame. Loading audio narration... It's a feeling I know well.
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We had to pull $20,000 from our retirement fund to stay afloat. It felt risky, but it was the only way. Original

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By Conz Preti , Melissa Petro, Henry Blodget 
| Business Insider
"It's got good bones," the seller said, as if he had to sell it to me. Loading audio narration... He didn't. We both knew I was already in love with the house. For some, a kitchen that hasn't been touched since 1948 would be a total gut renovation, but I'm enamored by the pale green cabinetry, original wallpaper still intact, and hardwood floors that need little more than a good waxing.
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We had to pull $20,000 from our retirement fund to stay afloat. It felt risky, but it was the only way.

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By Melissa Petro
| Flipboard
10 hours ago At a White House Easter lunch on Wednesday, President Trump told attendees that the federal government can't pay for programs like Medicare and Medicaid while fighting the war with Iran. "It's not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual things," he said. …
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