

Almost every person I’ve met has had some form of an eating disorder. I literally have struggled with that my whole life. I just think that growing up on social media gave me eating issues as a kid. “Like, your grind is your grind, and I’m not going to get in the way of that. Unlike certain social media stars, Emma refuses to advertise weight-loss products. And if anything, the more uncool something seems (visible roots, ugly shoes, the heroines of Booksmart, grandma sweaters), the more Likes it gets.

It’s not about choosing between silver, gold, or rose-gold jewelry (a life-or-death question back in college)-today’s cool girls wear all types of metallic accessories. I follow all the right influencers and subscribe to all the right Pinterest boards, but being truly cool in 2020 is a tricky thing to pull off. In case it’s not already glaringly obvious: I have no idea what qualifies as cool these days. “What if the teens make fun of me?” I wrote, half joking.

(The night before this interview, I frantically texted my little sister, age 24, to ask what I should wear. So I asked for Hint of Mint on my fingers and my toes-after double-checking with Emma to make sure that going matchy-matchy isn’t uncool. It doesn’t matter that you are in your late 20s and don’t like going to concerts because they’re too loud, it seemed to whisper.
