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On Being Charmed - by Alexandra Molotkow - Crush Material

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Beauty is reactive — like celebrity, it alters human behavior

We’re back! This column is weekly and short. Longer essays come around once a month. Lately I’ve been riveted by the dynamic between Shiv Roy and Lukas Matsson. For those of you who don’t watch Succession — basically a Marvel franchise for people who work in media — Matsson is a rogue tech CEO, poised to take over the company run by Shiv’s brothers. After their father’s death, Shiv was snubbed for a leadership role, and she’s bitter about it. Matsson wants to make her his “girl on the inside.” He doesn’t have to lobby very hard — just pull her aside and ask, really. Shiv’s motives are…

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