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Anna Merlan
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Anna Merlan was a Senior Reporter at G/O Media until September 2019. She's the author of Republic of Lies: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power.

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I'm not trying to be adorable. Believe that. Read more

Sorry, sounded like I was objectifying him, I'm just excited you've figured out who it is? Can he email me please: anna.merlan@jezebel.com Read more

I hate to bring you out of the greys for this, but a), we have a 70-character headline limit, meaning it would be tough for me to add something like, "Update: Probably Not" and b), re-editing the headline or re-writing the entire post would be misleading. I've added the new information as it's become available. Read more

Oh shit, yeah, that emphatically doesn't look like Paul Rudd. Read more

It's as if a racist robot is trying to seduce me: "Expect a lot of male attention!" GO ON. Read more

Somehow it feels different when someone is self-identifying as fat versus when Walmart is doing it for us though, no? Read more

Thank you, just noticed that as well! Added in an update. Read more

That was my first thought also — that "Fat Girl" was like a cheeky costumerie. But, uh, nah. Read more

So it's 11:15 and the costumes have all been taken out of the category, although the Fat Girl page itself still shows up. Maybe another hour before the whole thing is gone? Pretty good guessing, Yarn! Read more

Don't feel bad, I can't even get a gif to insert correctly into a comment. Read more

I think that's what "exploring our options" means in their statement. Read more

You're the second person to make that comment, and both times I frantically checked my headline, because that would be VERY UNFORTUNATE. Read more