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Claire Donald

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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool

put a ad in the Los Angeles Times.

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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool

They're going to LA, baby.

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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool

And the ad said, writer and wife, no child, desire house, specifically in the west side of Los Angeles.

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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool

Wait, writer and wife?

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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool

Thank you for- Hold on.

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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool

Tess?

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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool

Because at first I thought it said writer and husband.

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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool

I was like, I love that.

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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool

Wait a second.

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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool

No, literally?

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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool

Ew.

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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool

It took me till yesterday to even like

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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool

clock it and be like oh my god writer and wife she's working at both what the fuck is he doing he's also a writer oh okay but still but still why not two writers well this is in the 60s could women even like rent a house on their own no because women couldn't even get a credit card till 1972 i want to say don't quote me on that exactly so i doubt you could have i doubt you could rent it by yourself i know so it's so interesting isn't that wording so interesting huh

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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool

Yeah.

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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool

Well, whatever the wording was, they did end up getting a house.

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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool

Have you ever heard of Portuguese Bend?

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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool

No.

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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool

Me either.

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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool

Apparently, it's like Palos Verdes area.

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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool

Palos Verdes is an area that I'm like, what's it all about?