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Chris Norris's avatar

“A large Caribbean man looked me in the eye and continued undoing his pants in the women's bikini section.” “Continued” being the operative word.

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JULI's avatar

BALLER

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Brad Schreiber's avatar

Insanely vivid. Cintra, you short-circuit my faculties with your wet finger in the outlet prose!

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Courtney Daniels's avatar

This is so evocative, I feel like I was there. The descriptions of the "too much stuff" are poetic and memorable. My favorite line: "The shopping had begun to hurt." The sampling of things you passed on your walkabout is surreal. A baby being slapped--horrific and heartbreaking. The last paragraph and line are brilliant. I love how you always widen out to the bigger picture.

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Cintra Wilson's avatar

Thank you girl!! I can't figure out why The Cut rejected this piece, honestly.

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Courtney Daniels's avatar

You don't cast judgement, but your neutral observations still reveal things about our society that they maybe weren't comfortable putting forth. And maybe because you're white.

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Cintra Wilson's avatar

Wise

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NM's avatar

I love you, Cintra and adore your writing. But this one is weird. It’s harder to swallow when the fascination and disdain is from a white and former fashion writer.

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Cintra Wilson's avatar

Appreciate your input, but I swear to God, it was all straight reportage. Blame life.

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