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An open letter to Felicity Huffman and other anxiety-riddled parents of high school students

An open letter to Felicity Huffman and other anxiety-riddled parents of high school students

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Irena Smith
Jan 29, 2024
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Dear Felicity,

I meant to write this back in December, after your interview about Operation Varsity Blues aired, but then I got distracted with the holidays and, since the internet has a short memory, whatever I had to say didn’t seem that relevant anymore. But then this morning, New York Magazine ran a story called Pa…

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