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I didn’t expect this, but my Marie Claire essay is now available online<\/a>. I hope you peeps who bought the magazine won’t be demanding a refund. You did get an extra photo in the print version. Maybe that counts for something.<\/p>\n

I will give you two more photos here. When we did the shoot<\/a> for the story, I started out with my favorite faux-ny tail<\/a> hairstyle. But after the test Polaroids, I was deemed to look “too Asian,” especially in the green dress. I want to make it clear that this was only a problem because I’m not Asian. It is TOTALLY cool for Asian people to look Asian in Marie Claire.<\/p>\n

Here are the Polaroids (via photographer Anna Wolf):<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I think the dress looks better here than in the photo<\/a> that ran.
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\"\"<\/a>I like this one because I look a little smiley.
\nBut they wanted me to be very serious<\/a> to match the story.<\/p>\n

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I want to mention one final thing regarding the story itself. If you scour teh<\/a> Internets<\/a> for information on my late business partner, you might notice an age discrepancy between my story and other references. Like many women — and more and more men — my late partner was known to be “imprecise” about her age. A family member told me that she was 52, so that was the age I used, rather than my partner’s preference, which was 50. Personally, I don’t believe in rounding down. If you say you’re younger than you are, people think you aged really badly and they’re all like, “Holy meth face<\/a>, Batman!” The trick is to round up and then people say, “You look so young!” That’s why I’m going to start telling everyone I’m 60<\/a>. Just play along with it, bitches. Just play along.<\/p>\n

NOTE: If you are a new reader who is wondering what the hell is going on here, read this post<\/a> for the 411.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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I didn’t expect this, but my Marie Claire essay is now available online. I hope you peeps who bought the magazine won’t be demanding a refund. You did get an extra photo in the print version. Maybe that counts for something. I will give you two more photos here. When we did the shoot for…<\/p>\n

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