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The pimple on prom night trope in books and movies always struck me as absurd in its tiny scope.
One pimple isnt a cause for concern.
A pimple is an annoyance.
Acne is a curse.
A heroine, onscreen, with acne and all its attendant anxieties.
Thats one small step for pimples, one giant leap for teenage-kind.
The Elena of Ferrantes novels is afflicted with zit parades as well.
More and more crowd her face.
It was like suddenly seeing the night sky from a different hemisphere, but with zits instead of stars.
The celebrities who volunteer for makeup-free photo shoots only manage to do so on days theyre blemish-free.
The patients who go under Dr. Pimple Poppers lancet usually keep their faces off camera.
Many a set of bangs has been foolishly cut just to cover a few pimples for an important night.
Pimples are a weird little out-in-the-open secret.
And Elena is a stunner with and without em.
