The Magic Hour

The Magic Hour

Sunday Letters

You Are a Person, Not a Pickle

and other gifts of experience.

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Caroline Cala Donofrio
Apr 17, 2023
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This week I’ll turn 39.

The targeted ads are jazzed. They swarm like vampires, heralding promises of firmness and fertility and infinite forms of “glow.” I am haunted by those filmy, comma-shaped masks that promise to make your eyes “get younger.” (If you’re anywhere near my demographic, you know the ones.) Everywhere I turn, I see preservation on the m…

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