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Lifestyle/Entertainment Editor at @businessinsider

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Stephanie Pitera Statile
11 days
Since the term “lifestyle” is so broad, I wanted to clarify which topics I do/do not cover for BI! DO: -Travel -Food Rankings -Recipes -Restaurant Comparisons -Beauty/Fashion -Interior Design -Fitness Essays DO NOT: -Dating/Relationships -Parenting -Road Trips -Hiking
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I'm looking to assign some short lifestyle-focused personal essays! Rates start at $220 for 500 words and pitches can be DM'ed here. Threading some recent examples below:
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
6 months
My inbox is open to freelance lifestyle pitches!! Rates depend on the story, but typically start at $200. Threading some of my recent favorites below for inspo!
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
8 months
I'm also accepting general lifestyle/entertainment pitches for @BusinessInsider in my DMs! Threading some recent stories I loved below for inspiration
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
8 months
Did you become a doctor because of Grey’s Anatomy? Move to Forks because of Twilight? Start a career in music because you were a fan girl? Looking for pitches from people who made life decisions because of pop culture for @BusinessInsider ! DM me! Rates start at $225.
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I'm looking for pitches from travel experts! Thinking people who have: -Been to dozens of all-inclusive resorts -Traveled to every region in Italy -Been to every Greek Island -Traveled on 20+ cruises -Etc! Please DM me with ideas. Rates start at $200
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
5 months
Freelancers! I happily accept pitches via Twitter and LinkedIn DMs, but please don’t send them to my personal email address! I’ve had a TON of people guessing my personal email address lately and it feels like an invasion of privacy. Thanks 💕
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
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Freelancers! I'm looking for pitches about CRUISES! ⛴️ Did you go on your first cruise and have a bad experience? Did you have the greatest trip of your life? Are you a seasoned cruiser who can give our readers some amazing tips? DM me!
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
2 months
Freelancers! I'll be OOO for two weeks on my honeymoon 🤍 I really appreciate your pitches and promise to get back to you if your idea is a good fit!
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
7 years
Rachel: propose to me Peter: I can't Rachel: propose to me Peter: ok Rachel: nevermind 🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃 #TheBachloretteFinale
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
11 months
Are you going on a low-priced luxury vacation? Traveling on a unique train? Visiting a remote location? I'm currently accepting pitches about unique travel experiences for @thisisinsider ! DM me! Rates start at $200. Threading some recent stories below for inspo
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
4 months
Still looking for a few more travel experts for some summer-travel stories! My DMs are open for pitches!
@stephpitera
Stephanie Pitera Statile
5 months
I'm looking for pitches from travel experts! Thinking people who have: -Been to dozens of all-inclusive resorts -Traveled to every region in Italy -Been to every Greek Island -Traveled on 20+ cruises -Etc! Please DM me with ideas. Rates start at $200
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
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"I'm gonna say yes" "really?" "No I was just kidding it's a no." Gotta love @SimonCowell 😂 #XFactorUK #UKintheUSA
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
8 years
Pretty positive I was on the subway with Robert Pattinson yesterday and my twilight heart is now full
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
5 months
Not to be dramatic, but the lack of sunlight this spring is kind of ruining my life
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
4 months
Looking for personal essays about the financial cost of being single for @BusinessInsider ! Did you move in with roommates to avoid paying rent on your own? Do you order out because it's cheaper than cooking for 1? Submit ideas using the form below:
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
2 months
Freelancers! I'm looking for story pitches about things you wouldn't do again while traveling (Wouldn't fly with X airline again, stay with Y hotel chain, sail with Z cruise). Example included below. Rates start at $220 for 600-word pieces. No deadline!
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
8 months
Looking for a writer who shopped at Aeropostale in middle school for a @BusinessInsider story. Please DM me!
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
4 months
Looking for writers who live on the Amalfi Coast for a few story assignments! Rates start at $220 for short 700-word pieces! Please DM me if you're interested
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
7 months
Freelancers! Just a note that I'll be OOO next week and am still working on getting caught up with my DMs and emails. Thanks so much for reaching out, and I promise to get back to you if your pitch is a good fit!
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
2 months
Looking for writers who either live in or have moved out of any of the cities named the best places to live in the South. DM me! Rates start at $220 for short, 500-600 word essays
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
9 months
Looking for new submissions for @BusinessInsider 's Trader Joe’s, Aldi, and Costco grocery diaries! Specifically looking for folks with unique jobs/hours/diets to write about what they typically buy at these stores. Rates for this series start at $185!
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
10 years
I actually can't I'm so happy right now #z100sheerios @edsheeran http://t.co/yTTPSGJ32Z
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
4 years
The President of the United States threw the world’s largest temper tantrum over losing an election. But “women are too emotional to be president.”
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
8 months
Is anyone planning on traveling through the Drake Passage this year? I'm looking for freelance travel writers to talk about their experience for @BusinessInsider Rates start at $220! @WritersofColor @womenwriterswin
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
6 years
So hooked on @NBCRise ! Such a great show
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
4 years
I thought Zayn leaving One Direction was gonna be the worst thing to ever happen on March 25. But I gotta say, a global pandemic really takes the cake.
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
9 years
There's a little boy with a sign that says "I'm 7 and naughty boy is a bigger baby than me" 😂 #OTRAMetlife
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
7 months
I'm currently looking for writers who meet any of the following descriptions for multiple @BusinessInsider stories: -A restaurant owner from Italy -A foodie who grew up in Italy -A Pottery Barn employee -A Crate & Barrel employee DM me!
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
8 years
@1iota me if I get tickets to the #VMAs
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
1 year
Are you a current or former employee of Spirit Halloween or Party City? I’d love to have you write about mistakes customers make around Halloween for @thisisinsider — DM me! Rates start at $220 for stories like this. Deadline to get in touch is 10/4!
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
3 years
Does anyone else get really sad/angry sometimes when you remember that our mid-to-late 20s have been taken away by a deadly virus that will never go away because people still think it’s fake? 🙃
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
8 months
There are no words to express how devastated I am to have lost so many incredibly talented colleagues at Business Insider today 💔 Days like today are hard
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
6 years
I always thought baby talk was the worst thing couples could do. But I was just in an elevator with a couple who was talking to each other in....get ready for it.....DEMON VOICES
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
6 months
Joey is the most emotionally mature bachelor in franchise history
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
3 years
What a weekend. Taylor re-released Red, Britney is free, AND I AM ENGAGED!!!
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
7 years
Mike met all 50 of my family members yesterday and still wants to date me. This is groundbreaking.
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
8 years
All my friends are getting boyfriends and I'm getting....MORE CONCERT TICKETS!!!
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
10 months
I get to marry my favorite person this weekend so that’s really freaking cool 😍🤍
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
6 years
Asked out uber driver if he heard Laurel or Yanny. He replied “why are you speaking?”
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
4 years
My foster kittens fell asleep in the shape of a heart and it’s honestly all I can think about 😍
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
9 years
Had so much fun stopping by @the1975 's Pop Up Shop today for @seventeen !
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
11 years
My picture with Taylor Lautner I can't believe this just happened!!! http://t.co/owCdRn2oUv
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
5 months
Just want to clarify that rates depend on word count/number of photos/etc! These are also super short stories (less than 750 words).
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
8 years
Just got moved from the last row in Madison Square Garden to the floor. I don't know how this happened but I'm the happiest girl alive
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
8 years
How many times will Evan Peters die #AHSRoanoke #AHS6
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
5 years
I have no defense for this 😂
@john_pitera1
John Pitera
5 years
Ladies and gentlemen. I present to you my sibling
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
8 years
Yesterday I decided I wanted to start eating healthier. Today I ate a cupcake and two cookies for lunch.
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
7 years
I don't understand why "Shout Out to My Ex" by Little Mix didn't blow up. Such a jam.
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
7 years
21 was so good to me. Here's to feeling 22 🎉
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7 years
NYC is completely sold out of special glasses so watching the third Twilight movie is probably the closest I'll get to seeing an Eclipse
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
5 years
Hannah Ann: I wasn’t in love with the guy I was with for 3 1/2 years Also Hannah Ann: I’m falling in love with you after three weeks #TheBachelor
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
7 years
A year ago today, cancelled plans turned into the start of my relationship, which is really cool to think about
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
6 years
Why do I get the terrible feeling that Colton is going to turn out to be this year’s Dean? #TheBachelorette
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2 months
Journalist 😂
@NadiaWorsley
Nadia Worsley | PR + Marketing
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Everyone who had “talks too much” on their report cards in school, what do y’all do for a living?
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8 months
Imagine having SEVERAL commercial breaks during your wedding ceremony 😂 #GoldenBachelor
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
6 years
Two yrs ago today, Poppie met Mike for the first time & asked him if he liked clams. They then proceeded to share a pound of clams together, only for me to find out months later, that Mike doesn’t like clams #keeper
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
6 years
Pulled up to the Bon Jovi concert and the woman next to me motioned for me to roll down the window, then screamed “GRANDMAS GONE WILD!” And if that doesn’t sum up a Bon Jovi concert I don’t know what does
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
5 years
My sibling, everyone 😂
@john_pitera1
John Pitera
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I really just said to one of my clients “Z as in xylophone”.... not even close
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5 years
Honestly don’t know how the hell I got lucky enough to have a boyfriend who loves Broadway just as much as I do 😍
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4 months
It’s always “millennials don’t want to be homeowners” and never “real estate investors are buying all the properties so millennials can’t afford to buy a starter house.” 🙃
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
8 years
Things I Want: Adele tickets Things I Have: $5.50
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
11 months
Looking for a current or former employee of Bath & Body Works to write about mistakes customers make on Black Friday for @thisisinsider ! DM me! Rates start at $220 for stories like this.
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7 years
Singing the "Friends" theme song w/ your friends at karaoke sounds like a great idea til you realize you only know up to the 30 second mark
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
5 years
When you find out #FocusImmigration IS TRENDING WORLDWIDE!!!! @montclairstateu @MontclairSCM
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
2 years
To the publicists of Olivia Wilde, Jason Sudeikis, Harry Styles, James Corden, Patti LuPone, and Kanye West today…are you all ok?
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
4 years
Could you imagine having to inform your grandmother that you’re trying for a baby 😳😅
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Cosmopolitan
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William and Kate Are Reportedly Trying for Baby #4 and Queen Elizabeth Has Been Informed
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
8 years
The fact that Brendon Urie can change keys with a scream BLOWS MY MIND
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
5 months
Soooo where are my fellow ladies in their late 20s/early 30s shopping for clothes nowadays? Because I am lost
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6 months
It’s 5:30, the sun is still shining, and I’m already a much happier person
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7 years
2018 and I still miss One Direction
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8 years
One Direction getting individual record deals is literally my worst nightmare. Cause now I have to buy tickets for 5 tours 😭💲😭💲
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4 years
I think it’s so beautiful that Prince Harry was able to walk away and save Meghan because of the money Diana left him 😭💕 that is exactly what she would have wanted #HarryandMeghanonOprah
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
4 years
My grandfather is almost 94 years old. Today he came upstairs and asked me if I knew how to do the Rumba. He then proceeded to dance around the kitchen. Moral of the story? I want to be him when I grow up
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
10 years
Literally never thought this day would come. Thank you SO much @edsheeran it means the world #z100sheerios http://t.co/hqTOrd0jI2
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9 months
One thing about me is that my top artists on Spotify haven’t changed since 2012
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4 years
I really miss movie theater popcorn
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4 years
To all the states protesting the stay at home orders: if your haircut is more important than the thousands of people dying in New York and New Jersey, please don’t even think about buying an I ❤️ NY shirt on your vacation when this is all over
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3 years
Ok but is @EmmanuelAcho single?? Cause Michelle, girl..... #TheBachelor
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
4 years
2019: Birdbox was a fun thriller about a disease that spread through the world. If you saw it you died. There were quarantines & no basic supplies 2020: a virus is spreading through the world. If you touch it, youre infected. Countries are quarantined & no toilet paper in sight
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
8 years
So...I'm pretty confident I'm gonna cry when American Idol ends tomorrow #IdolFinale
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2 years
Wtf is the point of verified fan if @Ticketmaster allows people to immediately resell tickets for $1200 on their platform
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
4 years
MADAME VICE PRESIDENT ❤️
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
8 years
50 degrees is so subjective. If it's 50 in February, everyone's in shorts. When it's 50 in May? Parkas everywhere
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8 months
@WritersofColor @BusinessInsider It depends on the story/word count, but rates are generally between $200-$250
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
8 years
When @johnpitera1 high beams people walking down the street just to make sure they're not clowns
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
5 years
This is SO incredible! #FocusImmigration
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7 years
I'm obsessed with Paris ❤️
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8 years
Starting "Stranger Things" at this time was not my brightest idea
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8 months
Renee Rapp. That is all.
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8 years
Looking for @JessicaHondel in Herald Square is like a real life version of Where's Waldo
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8 years
Me: "How old do you think I am?" 3 year old cousin: "Seven" Close enough.
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9 years
So @JessicaHondel and I just did the full on choreography to Stick to the Status Quo. In my living room
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
7 years
Tonight I came across the most rare sight in the modern world: a line for the men’s room but not the women’s
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9 years
Saved so much money Black Friday shopping! (by going to bed at 9:30 pm)
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Stephanie Pitera Statile
10 years
I GOT A CAR!!!! 🎉 It's a Nissan and I've named it Liam. So its name is Liam Nissan.
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4 years
I can’t stop thinking about the fact that only a few months ago, we were all celebrating the new year with absolutely no idea what was coming for us
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8 years
"So, if you do a touchdown, then you get to kick the thing through the hoop?" - @JessicaHondel watching football
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4 years
.....we’re never gonna get out of this pandemic.....
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Alabama Crimson Tide fans flood the streets of Tuscaloosa after the team secured its 18th national title.
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