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Kay Montano's avatar

Yet more of Emma's narrative curios all tied together brilliantly.. did not expect Cory Booker. A great read as always (who wants to be a beige electable anyway). X

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Emma Forrest's avatar

Thank you brilliant Kay x

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Liz Goldwyn's avatar

Love the term “electable” - genius! x

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Emma Forrest's avatar

Thank you Liz. I'm loving your substack (it was essentially designed for my reading pleasure). x

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Jo Case's avatar

I love this so much, including the Cory Booker date and being Googled, and letting your daughter take a day off to cry out her ennui, which I consider good parenting. ‘Unelectable’ is I guess a very specific version of Frances Ha’s ‘undateable’. Being electable sounds like a bit of a personality straitjacket.

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Emma Forrest's avatar

Thank you so much Jo. I LOVE that film btw.

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Lail Arad's avatar

What a great read and also - I used to love Gomez! High up on the chart of favourite albums I forgot existed when I stopped listening to CDs... (lailarad.substack.com/p/59) - I had no idea Tom went into politics! Makes me want to move to Brighton. Happy to find you here!

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Emma Forrest's avatar

And you too Lail. Thank you x

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Jen Italia's avatar

hi Emma pls stop hitting up my boyfriend thank u xxx

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Emma Forrest's avatar

I’m gonna need more info to go on

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