How Not to F*ck Up Your Face

How Not to F*ck Up Your Face

Growing in the Gray

illustrator Aubrey Hirsch pictures an enviable transition

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Valerie Monroe
Nov 14, 2023
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Welcome to a special edition of HNTFUYF—special, because it’s our second guest post ever.

I’ve said this before: I’ve been reluctant to hand over HNTFUYF to anyone else because I love hanging out with you every week. But a while ago in Roxane Gay’s Substack, The Audacity, there appeared a captivating guest-host who seemed exactly right for HNTFUYF, too. …

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