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Meantime, Joanna, you're in New York Magazine this week, you power player, you mogul.

Please.

It's not a very flattering photo of me.

I did see the photo and I did.

I had a curiosity in my heart and I said, does Joanna like this photo?

Often, when there are photos of me in a thing, I think that was the one you chose.

Thank you so kindly.

It's funny because I've got, I think, 13 texts from people saying, why did they choose

that photo?

A, it doesn't look like you and B, it couldn't be more unattractive.

It does not actually look like you.

I, you, yes, it does not look like you at all.

And you know what?

I did notice that the women, I'm going to say it, I'm going to say that this is, it's kind of a little bit gendered. The women's photos in the issue are not, there's all mouths open. That's a choice. A choice was made.

Well, two or three people pointed out to me that the photos of the women were much less flattering than the photos of the men.

Yeah, the men sort of get to look serious and pensive, just like looking into the middle

distance, thinking a big thought.

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