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On its 30th anniversary, 'Rent' still feels like so much more than a musical to Gen X and elder millennials. It certainly was for writer Blake Turck, who classified herself as an avowed 'Rent' groupie. With a one-night-only performance with the original cast coming up next week, she revisited her love for the show at the link in bio. To Botox, or not to Botox, that is the question. (Our apologies to Shakespeare.) This month, a woman wrote in to our resident therapist, Chelsea Kaplan, about being conflicted over everyone around her getting face lifts, fillers, and more. As usual, she's full of good advice. Read what she suggests at the link in bio. Lucky used to mean scoring the last pastry at a trendy new bakery—but after Jasmin Guleria was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 40, everything changed. She shared her story with us for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Read it at the link in bio. Today we have an extra-special edition of FMK. In honor of this week’s big ‘Girls’ reboot news (who’s excited?), we’ve added an extra F to our favorite Friday game. Because ‘Girls’ is all about friendship, right? So tell us, which of these cringey characters would you f*ck, marry, kill, and friend zone? Having an invisible illness invites all kinds of commentary from well-meaning strangers (and, if we're being honest, from friends and families, as well). Since writer Valerie Triantis was diagnosed with MS 13 years ago, she's had people tell her she looks too good to be sick. Read her story about her relationship with beauty at the link in bio. New story up on Jenny today on the nature of beauty and chronic illness. Writer Valerie Triantis @valerietriantis, who was diagnosed with MS, shares about the complicated relationship she has with the two at the link in bio. #chronicillness #multiplesclerosis #beauty