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Photo 27 Jun theatlantic: Nora Ephron: The Funniest Feminist Nora Ephron passed away yesterday. Not only did we lose an amazing writer, thinker, journalist, storyteller, and director; we lost the world’s funniest feminist. I was lucky enough to know Nora for my entire life. Whenever I gave her something of mine to read, her first note was inevitably “make it funnier” no matter if it was supposed to be funny or not. The second note was usually “more honesty”—instructing me to reveal the parts of myself I find deeply embarrassing or shameful or scary because that’s what this is all about, right? It’s very hard to challenge a woman who wrote about everything from her parents to her divorce to her neck, and there would have been no point in arguing because she was right…always. Read more. [Image: Reuters] A touching tribute to Nora Ephron from Alex Leo. She was brilliant, and will forever be immortalized for said brilliance.

theatlantic:

Nora Ephron: The Funniest Feminist

Nora Ephron passed away yesterday. Not only did we lose an amazing writer, thinker, journalist, storyteller, and director; we lost the world’s funniest feminist.

I was lucky enough to know Nora for my entire life. Whenever I gave her something of mine to read, her first note was inevitably “make it funnier” no matter if it was supposed to be funny or not. The second note was usually “more honesty”—instructing me to reveal the parts of myself I find deeply embarrassing or shameful or scary because that’s what this is all about, right? It’s very hard to challenge a woman who wrote about everything from her parents to her divorce to her neck, and there would have been no point in arguing because she was right…always.

Read more. [Image: Reuters]

A touching tribute to Nora Ephron from Alex Leo.

She was brilliant, and will forever be immortalized for said brilliance.

via The Atlantic.
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