Unreported Truths

Unreported Truths

Chronicle of a childless cat lady

When historians try to understand how leftist elites lost their way, "Health and Safety: A Breakdown" - a memoir by New Yorker writer and LSD/ecstasy/cocaine fan Emily Witt - will be an ur-text.

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Alex Berenson
Nov 18, 2024
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Pity the joyless wastrel.

In September, the extremely lefty New Yorker writer Emily Witt1 released a 264-page autobiography called “Health and Safety: A Breakdown,” chronicling her copious drug use and a doomed relationship with a man she calls “Andrew.”

Like most memoirs by wannabe intellectuals, Health and Safety is highly self-aware. Though, alas, not s…

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