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My First Credit Rating

Dear Sweden,

When I was fourteen years old I saw the movie Fight Club and was gobsmacked by the coolness of Brad Pitt trying to sell soap to rich women. In one scene, he leans over a glass counter in a non-descript mall and his 90s shirt rides up to expose his ripped physique. That frame is still crisp in my mind.

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Michelle Obama’s Firm Grasp on the Mainstream

Dear Sweden,

I live in America now. This year, a renegade subset of the American population tried to take over the government by running a candidate called Donald Trump for president.