WRONG HOUSE

WRONG HOUSE

When the Whole Distorts the Parts

I was looking in mirrors all the time. But was I really seeing myself?

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Wrong House
Oct 05, 2025
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Silver Hours by Maggie Pei. // Courtesy Maggie Pei

By Madeleine Parsons

Growing up, I spent a lot of time looking in mirrors—rimming my almond-shaped eyes with black kohl, analyzing the size of my pores, turning my face from side to side to determine whether the width of my nose was, as I’d suspected, too wide. I used to wonder if what I saw in the mirror…

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