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Chika Ekemezie is a freelance writer who writes about sex, dating, and the politics of life. She runs a weekly newsletter called twenty-something, where you can find non-answers to all the questions that 20-somethings are asking. You can find her work in publications like Cosmopolitan, VICE, MEL, and Bustle, and you can always find her on Twitter and Instagram. She&#8217;s currently based in Philadelphia, but you can never take the Jersey out of the girl.

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Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer who graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

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