How Not to F*ck Up Your Face

How Not to F*ck Up Your Face

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How Not to F*ck Up Your Face
How Not to F*ck Up Your Face
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Valerie Monroe
Oct 12, 2021
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Reading Patricia Volk’s lovely (and funny) memoir, Stuffed, about growing up in a big, nutty, creative family (her great-grandfather introduced pastrami to the U.S.), I started thinking about affection. This book is full of affection: for family, for food, for culture. And because HNTFUYF is (at least nominally) about beauty, I want to mention a small m…

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