Pay Me What You Owe Me

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On April 12, 2022, at 2:55 p.m., the entire world stopped, or at least it felt as if it had. The text message from Bitch Media’s former publisher, Kate Lesniak, simply read: “Evette, did you see the news about Bitch?” I took a deep breath before I responded. “No, I didn’t. What’s going on?” Her next text message confirmed a nightmare reality I’d thought about many times, but I also hoped it never would come to pass. “Bitch is closing in June. I’m sorry to break the news to you.” 

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