Nora Ephron’s Quintessential Writing on the Female Experience

Flavorwire Author Club: Nora Ephron’s Quintessential Writing on the Female Experience

By Jillian Mapes on Jul 25, 2014 - Flavorwire

I think of the Nora Ephron essay “On Maintenance” every time I feel guilty about spending $43 on a charcoal face mask that does wonders with ingrown hairs I am now certain only I noticed. “Sometimes I think that not having to worry about your hair anymore is the secret upside of death,” she writes. There are seven more paragraphs dedicated to getting rid of unwanted facial hair. Instantly I felt better about my own foolish womanhood
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