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I was laughing out loud halfway through the first paragraph at the idea of 'soft boys' being confounded by a sharp, confident, multifaceted woman expressing herselves. And then daring to suggest you tone it down for them. Fuck them. You create for yourself and US, your sisters, and we love you for it.

I am 76, and will never again round off the sharp corners or tone it down!

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Unhinged Molly makes me cackle and smile and remember my anger thank you and the village in your head

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Ascorbic satire from the first gulp to the last drop. Thank you Molly. Read this laugh-a-second sub aloud to my mate because in this bitter void we need to laugh buckets of tears.

The influencers in this influential world have climbed all the way up to judging literary prizes so you won't win the cleverest most lyrical sub and you won't get a glittering prize but you do save lives. Mine.

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You rock my world... Thanks for being you, whoever you are.

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"Give her the full Monty of stale-cracker clichés and watch the witless white wretches fawn and fumble to touch the hem of her deeply unflattering skinny jeans."

I'm going to think about this line every time I read the Ask Polly comments and women are falling all over themselves to tell Polly how amazing her post is without actually engaging with the content of the post. 😈

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I‘d like to watch this as a TV show

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I do so appreciate you... the Oprah-Dali Lama McFlurry hahahaha!!

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I love you.

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Thanks for the chuckles, it brought joy to my day reading the humorous and truthful writing of your sassy spirit. You can share with Polly the joy you bring to others!

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If only we were all so intimately acquainted with our smarmy, sarcastically beautiful shadow selves. To embrace the joy is to also embrace the disgust in equal measure. They are both invaluable guides 🙏

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I wish I had discovered you earlier but I think this is the perfect time. We need both sarcasm and joy to simply survive and hopefully defy fascism.

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Fuckin’ Molly. The best.

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Dang, "Heather," that must have been so cathartic to write! All power to Molly! ✊️

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* typed this from the backwater town of Durham, NC.

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Literal genius

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where you sourcing those pumpkin seeds fam

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I love that you, whoever you are, said all this. I hate that it wasn’t me.

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