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Jun 19Liked by Emily Sundberg

IMO all of these gun photos present as pick-me. Sometimes Instagram aesthetics should have limitations

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I’m listening…. How do you define pick me

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Jun 19Liked by Emily Sundberg

Attention seeking but in a way that feels inauthentic…? I don’t think pick-me is a mortal sin (or exclusive to women), but when guns are involved it feels more offensive / unnecessary

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Pick me / click-bait in the same way Red Scare is. I had a far too long of a dalliance with a very online 34M who told me the wage gap wasn't real. When I asked his source he said "a woman on twitter". To me, this is a niche example of how marginalized groups continue to refuse to come together for the greater good of all. We can do better babes..

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Feed Me Party looked fun! Awesome work Emily!

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It was! Might throw another one someday…

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Real world events are never easy!

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Re: Boho Chic Renaissance... the golden goose IPO has been interesting to watch - seems like they're really banking on that distressed, cool (rich) girl aesthetic to carry them

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there's been a security guard at the brandy melville on fifth ave the past couple of times i've walked by! no idea why but was just wondering this the other day

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Jun 19Liked by Emily Sundberg

There is an armored tank outside the Nordstrom in Skokie, IL.

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Photos please

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the reformation store in DC always has a bouncer (and never any clothes!) mind boggling

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Jun 19Liked by Emily Sundberg

I just realized something, in the style of the South Park Chinpokomon episode:

Could influencers embracing having guns in their content lead to more pushes towards gun control...thanks to gun advocates short circuiting??

This is my @subwaytakes.

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Doubt it lol

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¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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someone should start draft kings but for pop girlies... free idea alert

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I took skeet shooting for my PE credit in college for what were admittedly pretty pick me reasons (I believe it was me, one other girl, and ten guys in that class and I got invited to so many parties) and I grew up around sport shooting and bird hunting so I'm not gun averse per se, but I do find those photos kind of erpy. I feel like it's aiming for transgressive, not making the leap, and landing just in the land of inauthentic.

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Pretty iconic

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That DeuxMoi copy makes me sad 🫤

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oops i’m literally go to a shooting range for my bday next week 🌚 so hot of me hehe

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wow the cringiest violet grey ad ever

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there is always security at that brandy because of the theft!! you'd never believe how many 14 year olds are grabbing shirts, underwear, jewelry, and running out of there

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Hot Girls This Summer: “I'm

sitting in the house loading up the pump, I'm loading up the Uzis,

I've got a couple of M-16s, couple of nines, couple of joints with

some silencers on them, couple of grenades, got a missile launcher.

I'm ready for war."

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Guns and Girls

Westside Rifle & Pistol Range; 20 West 20th Street, Manhattan -- between 5th and 6th.

This Range has maintained the same vibe as seen in here in this clip from the 1976 movie Taxi Driver:

https://youtu.be/sj_oAV1vu1g?si=JppSUHGp3zJuU9Oq&t=31

https://westsidepistolrange.com/

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Also pls go to Totonnos today and let us know how it is and if you end up buying them, Emily.

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