SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY by Priya A. Desai

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a love letter to los angeles
nobody puts baby in a corner...
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IN WHAT FERTILE SOIL DOES AN AMANDA GORMAN GROW…I.E., WHERE DID SHE GO TO SCHOOL, WHERE DID SHE FIND THE MAGIC?
That National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman’s performance at the inauguration was dazzling is an understatement.
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FEED YOUR KIDS COFFEE AND CIGARETTES SO THEY STAY SMALL
…AND OTHER THOUGHTS ON COLLEGE DROP-OFF
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WHY DO WE LOVE/HATE ON GWYNETH PALTROW’S GOOP?
It has been 13 years since Gwyneth Paltrow launched her quasi eponymous lifestyle brand from her kitchen counter in London, as the origin story goes.
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DISPATCH FROM WIMBLEDON AND LOOKING FOR LOVE IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES
P.S.: THIS IS NOT A TRAVEL BLOG
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DOES YOUR VAGINA DIE ON YOUR 50th BIRTHDAY?
THIS AND OTHER PRESSING QUESTIONS POSED BY THE SEX AND THE CITY REBOOT…AND JUST LIKE THAT
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WHO IS “X” AND WHY SHOULD WE CARE?
NATASHA POONWALLA: SAVING THE WORLD WHILE WEARING COUTURE
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GWYNETH AND GOOP--PART DEUX
I CAN’T QUIT YOU…
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THINGS THAT WERE GOOD IN APRIL 2021
Watching
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TRIBAL RITUALS, CLUCKING LIKE A MOTHER HEN AND THE PARENT-FRIEND PROGRESS CHART…AMONG OTHER THINGS
Tribal Rituals in the Grocery Store
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PANDEMIC WINNERS AND LOSERS, TO LIVE AND DINE IN L.A. AND A (BASELESS) DIRGE FOR LOS ANGELES
PANDEMIC WINNERS AND LOSERS
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JANKY ELVES, MUD ON THE DANCE FLOOR AND FAMILIAL SPLINTERING
A December to Remember
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