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Jan 11Liked by Sari Botton, Laurie Stone

I love both your Richard AND Jeremy Allen White. I hate the word ladies, but I may hate the word "guys" even more. Twenty-two year old server and two women in their seventies: "What can I get you guys?" My friend Martha says, "there are no guys at this table." Server looks startled. Why does no one say folks, or people? Why is everything gendered in an icky or inappropriate way? Thanks for your wonderful written offerings that brighten my day.

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Jan 11Liked by Sari Botton, Laurie Stone

“She thought it generated an atmosphere of warmth. I thought about how the world works on one fake understanding after the next…”

Well said. Feeling this so much right now.

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Jan 11Liked by Sari Botton, Laurie Stone

This is a wonderful post. The writing is so free. Thank you.

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Jan 11Liked by Sari Botton, Laurie Stone

"I wasn't patient." Laurie Stone all over and how marvelous. xo

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Jan 11Liked by Sari Botton, Laurie Stone

I am a lesbian and I am here to tell you that Jeremy Allen White is hot, hot hot in that ad. He has certainly upped his weightlifting since his Shameless days. The Bear is quite good.

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Jan 11Liked by Sari Botton, Laurie Stone

But wait. The byline is Sari Botton and then at the bottom it's Laurie Stone. I was confused when I started to read because I thought Laurie Stone was the one with a British husband named Richard.

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Jan 11Liked by Sari Botton, Laurie Stone

Thank you for pointing out that women (who like men) find the male body lasciviously beautiful. This is the best-kept secret of millennia.

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Jan 11Liked by Sari Botton, Laurie Stone

Gloriously honest essay in its observations and its protestations.

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Thanks for sharing Laurie Stone’s piece. Now I’m looking at Everything is Personal!

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Jan 11·edited Jan 11Liked by Sari Botton, Laurie Stone

I was fascinated to read your account of Hudson in your opening paragraphs. My son lives above the stores across from Old Hudson and I feft an immediate connection. Namaste

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I enjoyed your home movie with its streets bare of snow and dots of green foliage. It’s minus 26 degrees F in my corner of the world today with a wind chill of minus 49 degrees. A good day to stay home, curl up and read Substack.

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Jan 11Liked by Sari Botton, Laurie Stone

It's interesting how people in real life may hate you, but we love you. The Emperor is naked, y'all!

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Jan 11Liked by Sari Botton, Laurie Stone

I think you are my sister from another mother. You write like me (to put it grammatically, you write like I do .) Trust me, that’s a compliment. My wife says I have a strong ego. But for God sake, it’s not. martial. It’s Marshall. Or marshal. How the hell would I know? I’m getting old and I am resentful.

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Here I thought I was simply grouchy not taking pleasure in my female gaze on the Bear or my sharp tongue to unsuspecting staff at medical appointment. I love getting older because I'm in such good company. Thanks for the stroll around Warren Street.

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Jan 11Liked by Sari Botton, Laurie Stone

“...where we write in our notebooks and I resent the cost of the cheese.” Great juxtaposition. Personal aside: I’ve given up telling waitstaff not to call me “dear” because I could not silence the inner voice of their mothers (who also liked “ladies”). You can fight mom. You just can’t expect to win.

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Jan 11Liked by Sari Botton, Laurie Stone

It’s the sweet little things that matter most! Great read! Peace

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