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Claire Donald

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2351 total appearances

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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool

Good for her.

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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool

I'm proud of her.

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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool

Same.

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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool

But something that she had not touched before that she was starting to find a lot of interest in was politics.

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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool

I thought you were going to say something like she wanted to start singing or like music.

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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool

And I was like, Joan, let's just โ€“ no.

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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool

Let's not.

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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool

No, she did love acting.

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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool

That was something when she was a young girl she found like helped her with her social anxiety.

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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool

Oh, that's so sweet.

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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool

She loved the movie.

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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool

She was like in love with John Wayne and stuff.

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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool

But no, she knew where she โ€“ Not like it's bad for someone to take up singing.

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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool

But, you know, sometimes it's just like a jump scare.

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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool

Oh, but politics, hot.

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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

After years of documenting psychological instability in California, she began to notice the same instability in American politics.

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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool

Well, yeah.

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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool

So she started writing about domestic politics.

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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool

She never covered politics before.