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Alexandra’s Substack · Feb 27, 2026

The Finance Bro, The Ice Cream Cone, and the Birth of a Girlboss

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Alexandra Emanuelli · Alexandra’s Substack

An excerpt from Celery Juice, Clickbait, and Control, a memoir-in-progress. Are you all caught up?

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When I started my job at the magazine eight years ago, I was deliriously happy—and lonely. So I started dating.

After a first date that was neither especially good nor bad enough to make a TikTok about, I suggested we get ice cream.

“Hey,” I said, pointing toward the shop. “Why don’t we grab a scoop?”

Don’t come between me and my coconut gelato.

He glanced …

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