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The Psychology of Preening on Social Media

Ruth Wilson was six months out of university when she landed Jane Eyre. From there her career soared with a chain of Hollywood movies, stage in London and New York. She won Olivier's for Anna Christie and played Stella Kowalski in Desire. With the accolades the scrutiny returned. It wasn't enough that she was a great actor or even that she was very pretty. Her looks were picked apart. They are own Atcharelle, a family trait her cousin has the same. The idea of preening on social media makes her physically recoil.

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