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Can You Have Your Cake?

The Wednesday Ask E. Jean

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E. Jean Carroll
Jun 02, 2021
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ZOUNDS! WE’VE JUST HIT #1.

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The Daily Quagmire

Before I was fired from Elle, the Ask E. Jean advice column solved five or six problems each month. Now, just for the Queenhell fun of it, we’re solving a problem every day—and like the famous New York Times crossword, as the week goes on, the problems get harder, juicier, slippier, and knottier.

And here’s the Wednesday classic:

She Has Her Cake . . . Can She Eat It Too?

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