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I enjoyed the parallel in the October issue between Guy Saddy’s article “Fauxcentrics” [ELLE Opinion] and Olivia Stren’s “A Crisis of Confidence” [ELLE Career]. I think most celebrities put on a “faux-cade” so they grab our attention, but they could just be waiting for the moment we discover they’re frauds. After all, the reason they strive for celebrity is to be admired—maybe because they don’t feel admiration within. So instead of daydreaming beyond our mediocrity, we should embrace how wonderful we are when we’re fraud- and fancy-free. MELANIE, BURLINGTON, ONT. They do it to impress an older boy or just to get it over with; after, they are traumatized by the decision and feel they should have waited. Maybe as we age, girls no longer feel like sharing our bodies with boys for the hell of it; maybe we start to see sex as something childish, done simply to impress someone, and these thoughts make us forget the true meaning behind it: passion and love. Thanks for an amazing article; it’s advice I’m going to cherish through my teen years. MAISIE, EMAIL life, but when I pick up ELLE, I expect fashion, not sex ed. LEAH OLIVIA

OLIVEIRA, EMAIL