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Aug 8Liked by Cintra Wilson

Well, Old Brooklyn got the last laugh. There’s nothing in those shop windows now but the carcasses of manequins. I’d share more detail, but I’m late for my Equinox class. Toodeloo.

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My god this piece is terrifyingly gorgeous.

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Risa!! Are you still in NYC??

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Yes! Still here! Are you coming to visit??

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“…a skateboard team composed of the cast of “Glee.”

Say what you will about the topic, but Ms. Wilson is the mistress of the universe when it comes to similes.

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...all that chic, layered, even "sexually impoverished"!...to non-working boot.

Which leads me to ask: your artistry, working, and the paintings. Want. For sale? Please...

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Yes, for sale! I'm pretty sure she's super distracted right now, but hang in there. She'll be delighted. And so will you!

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I was so confused by the legging options in this one, but then I saw, ah hah, it was 2010! I live in Portland, and people dress horribly here. I miss BK! Although I do not miss those Slopester parents with their fake problems.

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Would love to have a 2025 perspective, if the free press and imagination win in November. I remember all that shit; being a porky young man, I eschewed camo and stayed in dark colors and verticle stripes.

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Totally hilarious, Cintra! I've been making a spectacle of myself in a coffee shop laughing as I read this.

Michael Polsinelli says hi - we spoke yesterday -

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This was sublime.

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I’m sorry, but a “fur-lined sleeveless Army parka in olive drab”? Fur-lined and sleeveless? And parka?

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Banksy directs The Simpsons Intro Couch Gag (October 10, 2010)

The Simpsons episode titled "MoneyBart" from Season #22, Epsiode #3

https://youtu.be/UUG_bg3ryB4?si=0KGBl64PZDBAh9Br

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