I drove around to a few stores before finding a copy of ELLE on the shelves at a local bookstore. When I asked if they’d have more copies shipped in if I bought the two in my hand, the clerk told me, “Nah,” adding newsstands are kind of not a thing anymore. Then, like a proper print journalist, I withered to ash.
Evidence to the contrary, if you pick up …
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