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@JessicaKRoy

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Writer, editor, etc. Author of @scribnerbooks 's "American Girls: One Woman's Journey into the Islamic State and Her Sister's Fight to Bring Her Home"

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i know the show is called "unsolved mysteries" but it sucks how they don't solve the mysteries
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ahead of tomorrow's VP debates, @KamalaHarris is elle's november cover
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ELLE Magazine (US)
4 years
As November 3rd looms, vice presidential nominee @KamalaHarris is urging Americans to feel hopeful. “Optimism is the fuel driving every fight I’ve been in,” she tells @iSmashFizzle in ELLE’s November cover story.
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some ~personal news~ it's my first week as the digital director of @ELLEmagazine ! so excited and honored to get to lead the best digital team on earth💥💥💥
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"so in terms of next steps" - me trying to wrap up every zoom
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moved to new york 14 years ago this month, dressed like this :(
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me on friday: what the fuck is selling sunset me on sunday: i just want chrishell to have the happiness she deserves :'((((
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i am absolutely unabashedly obsessed with this man who sheltered protesters all night
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"I hope that my 13-year-old son grows up to be just as amazing as they are." Rahul Dubey opened his home to nearly 70 strangers overnight and sheltered them during D.C.'s curfew. He says our country needs people like THEM. FULL INTERVIEW:
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"It's a miracle I came out alive." fka twigs opens up to @Marjon_Carlos about her abusive relationship with shia labeouf for the march issue of @ELLEmagazine
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3 years
my toxic trait is thinking it takes 10 mins to walk 20 blocks
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@JessicaKRoy
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3 years
the face of a woman who just submitted her first book draft 😓😅🥲
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3 years
wild that we're all still on our little computers doing our little jobs when * gestures around *
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4 years
one of my friends in syria just messaged to ask how "الربيع الأمريكي" - "the american spring" - is going 😅
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3 years
idk what phase of quarantine/depression this is but i'm so tired of cooking and feeding myself i just want an IV of nutrients shot directly into my body w/o me having to think about it. there's not even joy in banana bread anymore
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"in terms of next steps" - me trying to end every meeting
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@alex_abads ok....sending subway fare to marianne is lowkey iconic
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4 years
my dad @BASDSUPT has been working tirelessly to put together a safe and effective back-to-school plan for the thousands of kids in his massive PA school district. for his efforts, a parent on facebook said she hopes he "falls down a flight of stairs and breaks his neck."
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2 years
pls say hi to my new nephew cheddar
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3 years
if u think i'm not gonna facetune my arm when i take my vaccination selfie u don't know me at all
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4 years
happy first day of school to my baby sisters who have somehow turned into real humans and my dad @BASDSUPT who worked tirelessly to put together the back to school plan for his district <3
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3 years
drag them!!!
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the point of this thread being: the people working to figure out back-to-school plans are real people, many of whom are working an insanely difficult and thankless job while under unthinkable pressure. one of them is my dad! please consider that next time you post death wishes 🙃
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3 years
why does it feel like my brain never really turns on but also that it never really turns off
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3 years
bitch I edited it
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"I got married in this house and I wish I could die here. Every single piece within these walls and around it means a lot to me"
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3 years
after @AOC 's upsetting instagram live, this @cagoldberglaw piece on the link between the capitol insurrectionists and abusers feels especially important:
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4 years
when wide waist-cinching fake leather belts come back it's over for u bitches
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@kareemy if u didn't buy a $50 ill-fitting romper from here were u even an nyu student
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4 years
so proud of my dad @BASDSUPT , whose "obsession with flowcharts" has kept his district open and his students healthy throughout this difficult time
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4 years
proud of @ELLEmagazine 's political coverage, lead by the incomparable @_madisonline . some highlights: - @iamcardib interviewing @JoeBiden - our 20 questions series, featuring women like @LaurenUnderwood , @gretchenwhitmer @RepJayapal
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4 years
how I know my building turned the heat on
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3 years
i promise this story is wilder than you could ever imagine!!!
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ELLE Magazine (US)
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Christie Smythe covered white-collar crime for Bloomberg News and lived "the perfect little Brooklyn life" with her husband. Then she threw it all away for one of her sources: infamous pharma bro Martin Shkreli.
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THESE MEN'S TINDER BIOS I M SCREAMING
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4 years
canal street fake chanel ring and purse ✅ parliament light ✅ marc by marc jacobs leather bracelet that was the cheapest thing in the bleecker street store ✅ bangs i cut myself ✅ flip phone ✅
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3 years
@amil “I hope I make it” holy shit
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3 years
my sister is an essential healthcare worker and she's getting the vaccine tomorrow :')))))
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3 years
my fam is fostering rescue puppies and
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2 years
honored to be in this Getty image with my peers
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4 years
i have watched as he has worked DAY AND NIGHT to put together a plan that attempts to satisfy health guidelines and the many disparate needs of his community. it's a plan that affects his own daughters, my little sisters. this woman said she hopes he gets struck by lightening
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4 years
I’m staying on a farm in Pennsylvania and 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
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4 years
my sister lives in fishtown and saw them with her own eyes. fuckin sick
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@LouisPeitzman i've done it and every time i do i'm like....why am i doing this
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4 years
she called the precinct to report them and the cops told her "they're protecting the neighborhood from protesters." UHH. sir it's a group of armed angry white men violating curfew....
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3 years
drag me
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4 years
please launch me into the fucking sun
@seyiakiwowo
Seyi Akiwowo
4 years
52% of white women voted for Trump in 2016 and New York Times exit polls predict this to be 55% in 2020.
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my 10 year old sister’s Xmas list 😭
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"Instead of getting a seat at the table, I’d received a cheap seat to an allegedly feminist farce." - @roxannefequiere
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3 years
my friend Mustafa works at the beloved Sami’s kebab house in queens. His brother is an SIV applicant stuck in Kabul whose work with the US puts him in danger. I’ve tried all the publicly available ways to help. Please @ me if you’re in a position to help or know someone who is 🙏🏻
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3 years
thinking about obama reading luster and feeling uncomf
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4 years
@silviakillings like soooo...why am i watching then?
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4 years
texting girls i went to high school with "hey girl! long time no talk...congrats on the flat belly tea biz! what a cool idea. just wanted to check in to see if you'd voted yet?? haha lmk :)"
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4 years
i swear 2 god pennsylvania if we fuck this up again......
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heater cats
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3 years
too real :( "Faced with a restricted social life and added uncertainty at an already precarious moment in their lives, many young people are suffering from a gnawing sense that they are losing precious time in their prime years."
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Isabella Kwai
3 years
Mental health experts are raising the alarm about a parallel pandemic in young people: last in line for vaccines, expected to be resilient, facing anxiety, depression and a very uncertain future "What’s the point?’" some said. Deep dive w/ @ElianPeltier
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ever since i went freelance i spend all the time i used to spend in meetings reading (fiction+non-fiction) and it's wild how GUILTY i feel about it? even tho i love to read, and reading makes me a better writer, and that's my job?? capitalism is a scourge etc
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3 years
hbomax is giving me "trying to book a vax appointment in february" energy
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3 years
. @RepSusanWild is my hometown congresswoman, and I'm thankful to her for sharing her story with @ELLEmagazine about yesterday's events and the "sheer panic" she was feeling when that viral photo was snapped
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3 years
i can't wait until the end of the day when i can relax and unwind by watching the show about murdered teens and reading the book about the family behind the opioid epidemic :)
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4 years
also wicked by essie nail polish bc nicole richie once said she wore it??
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4 years
what's with jewelry brands selling 1 earring for like $300 when people have 2 ears
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4 years
HATING your book is a good sign right
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2 years
incredible spelling of my name for my Kurdish tv debut as an American tourist asked about the local Christmas market 🥲
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4 years
to give u an idea of how I’m doing mentally I just tried to put the toaster in the freezer
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4 years
obsessed with this story !!!
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4 years
as a woman who is both a boss and a giant baby, I’m so thrilled to finally have my story told on the big screen
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You’re not seeing double; there’s another Boss Baby -- Tina -- coming to town, March 26, 2021! If you continue to see double, let me know. I’ve got a great pediatrician -BB
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4 years
wish i could go buy one single cigarette
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3 years
i'm gonna need to watch this 10 more times to fully absorb it
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3 years
my youngest sister got an iPod so she can participate in our sister group chat and 😂
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@BigMeanInternet and the cops fucking sanction it!
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3 years
@amil can you please write about this for elle
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3 years
the rage of my people!!!!
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the shkreli story was one of many amazing long reads we published at @ELLEmagazine this year. dive into some others here -
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3 years
@jdesmondharris i bought vintage marimekko scrap fabric on ebay for like $5 and then a canvas for $60 and my artist friend stretched it for free! (seen here ) much cheaper than a big framed piece and looks p nice
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4 years
i'm an ann stan
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4 years
please clap for my homemade bread and cucumber dill yogurt dip 🥺
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3 years
@BrandyLJensen this is my q anon
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4 years
On Monday Samantha Sally was sentenced to 6.5 years in jail for terrorism financing. You can read my feature about her in ELLE here And much more in my upcoming book on Sam and her sister Lori!
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4 years
got upstreamed while trying to hail a cab ln... new york is back baby
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4 years
but I want him to ban fracking
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4 years
i am 110% unironically invested in the korean TV show "crash landing on you," every episode of which is an hour and 20 minutes long and hinges on the plot point that a rich lady from seoul accidentally flew her paraglider into north korea during a tornado
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trying to blend in in a remote Iraqi village like
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4 years
the absolute girth
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4 years
feeling left out of the early voting hype bc i voted absentee 2 weeks ago ok
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3 years
"A river of lies." "Like a drug I didn't know existed." "I'll be unpacking this in therapy for years to come." The nation's best female political reporters talked to @_madisonline and @RoseMinutaglio about 4+ years of covering trump:
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4 years
have lived in the city for more than 10 years and still my top nyc fear is having a rat scurry over my foot while I’m wearing sandals
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3 years
nothing forces me to confront my mortality quite like an urban outfitters
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3 years
proof I have been awkward in social situations since day one
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4 years
last night my little sisters decided to host a news show where they moderated a debate between "president mommy" and "president daddy" 😭
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@caityweaver one time when i was on the train home to philly we were going through north philly and i saw a WILD HOG eating out of someone's trash
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4 years
@ryanwaniata @Therealkfm The reboot doesn’t have UPDATES...
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3 years
all the girls who left nyc to live at their parents' during the pandemic came back at the same time in the same princess polly outfit and are 10x more powerful than before
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4 years
a fun new thing is my body being really jittery and pumped full of adrenaline but my brain never actually turning on
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3 years
annual reminder that peeps are made in my hometown and every new years instead of a ball they drop a giant peep
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4 years
watches emily in paris once
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Eyes On Cinema
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Nicolas Cage, 2020
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when it’s Pilates time but u want attention
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3 years
this is so good: “Now we have history, now we are heroes,” they all thought as they dressed up like circus freaks and lynched cops and invaded the legislature, all in pursuit of something their ringleaders knew to be nothing more than must-see-TV."
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Jessica Roy
3 years
shocked that none of the incredibly chic women i work with are on board w/ my idea to have our holiday party at dave and busters in times square
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