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When my daughter left for college, I lost my in-house consultant to youth culture. There's just stuff I don't get. And there's something kind of pathetic about someone my age trying to pretend she gets it, so I don't try to pretend.

Emily Yoffe

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Emily Yoffe
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: October 15
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