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  Shona Sanzgiri

  

  It’s Time to Stop Writing ‘I Hope You’re Well’ in Emails

  New York Magazine - By Dayna Evans

  There comes a time in every person’s life when she must stare directly into the abyss and, without thinking, write the words “I hope you’re well.” …

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  Shona Sanzgiri

  

  John Malkovich Thinks You Should Be Less Ambitious

  GQ - By Clay Skipper

  Malkovich—that guy's got to be a machine, right? Nearly 100 films! The latest: this month's BP-oil-spill thriller Deepwater Horizon. He's a 40-year member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company and is now directing the play Good Canary in London. He's even got a fashion line! So you might be surprised …

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  Shona Sanzgiri

  

  Same old, same old. How the hipster aesthetic is taking over the world

  The Guardian

  Go to Shoreditch Grind, near a roundabout in the middle of London’s hipster district. It’s a coffee shop with rough-hewn wooden tables, plentiful sunlight from wide windows, and austere pendant lighting. Then head to Takk in Manchester. It’s a coffee shop with a big glass storefront, reclaimed wood …

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  Shona Sanzgiri

  

  Nobody talks about the fact that Taylor Swift is Jewish. Here’s why it matters.

  Medium - Ned Resnikoff

  Somehow, a Taylor Swift photo has become one of social media’s great red flags, alongside the Twitter egg and the anime avatar. If you see a Twitter …

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  Shona Sanzgiri

  

  15 Ways to Be a Better Person (Published 2015)

  The New York Times - Anya Strzemien

  “I only wear granny panties,” said Julia Baylis, 22, part of a new generation of women saying no to the thong. Mayan Toledano, 27, added: “What’s sexy for us is being natural and comfortable.” “It’s one of the biggest sources of antioxidants in the American diet,” said Dan Buettner, a longevity …

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  Shona Sanzgiri

  

  Acid trips, black power and computers: how San Francisco’s hippy explosion shaped the modern world

  The Guardian - Alex Needham

  On 12 July 1967, Florida newspaper the St Petersburg Times had an eye-catching front-page headline: “Dame Margot, Nureyev seized in hippie raid.” Police had busted a party in Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco, and unexpectedly ensnared two world-famous gatecrashers: Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev, …