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Is It Supposed To Look Like That?

Teddy (T.M.) Brown, Mikala Jamison

A blog about the stuff we see and why it matters.

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  • Teddy (T.M.) Brown

    Writer for the New York Times, the New Yorker, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, and the rest.

  • Mikala Jamison

    Writes the newsletter for people who think about their bodies a lot, but in a smart way. Author of THE FOREVER PROJECT, coming Jan. '27

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