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This is going off the rails. I don’t want it to. I wish it wasn’t, because I started this date the way I start every date: with unbridled optimism. Before I actually go on a date, I’m always overflowing with excitement and the soul-deep knowledge that somewhere out there in the mountainous wilds of southwestern Virginia lives my Prince Charming, re

She’s the Marianne to my Elinor, the Meg Ryan to my Parker Posey. She is also my absolute favorite person on the planet.

“From one white person to another its [sic] on US to end White Supremacy #whitework.” Her name was Heather Marie Scholl, and McInnes’s interview with her went so viral that it has more views than all of his other episodes combined (despite other guests including such heavy hitters as Tucker Carlson and Ann Coulter).

—Charlotte Clingstone presented a kind of ideal. She was bohemian but accomplished. Worldly but rooted.

“Charlotte may not make it; her mother has forced her to take a carriage ride with the odious Viscount Mauler,” Fanny said crossly, closing the book. “He attempted to take liberties with her on their last outing, and she smacked him with her parasol. I am surprised he is still pursuing her.”