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From White by Kenya Hara (thanks Jason!) Emptiness. Is there anything more terrifying to the Western psyche? You cram your life full of work, friends, parties, and workout classes to avoid it, and yet on Sunday night, nursing a glass of orange wine in your living room, you hear it like a familiar knock on the door. Five months into a new relationship, you roll over one day and think,

From White by Kenya Hara (thanks Jason!) Emptiness. Is there anything more terrifying to the Western psyche? You cram your life full of work, friends, parties, and workout classes to avoid it, and yet on Sunday night, nursing a glass of orange wine in your living room, you hear it like a familiar knock on the door. Five months into a new relationship, you roll over one day and think, This is it? You achieve something you’ve been chasing after for years, and two days later you’re marveling at how numb you feel once the thrill has settled, how absolutely the same. It’s there again, the…

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