Mar 16

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Maybe Anna Delvey Was a Scam Artist. Or Maybe She Was Just a Perfectionist

Perfectionism can be a destructive force — especially in the hands of those who are willing to attain their imaginary self-image at all cost

Image credit: Inventing Anna/Netflix

“There’s a little bit of Anna in all of us,” says Todd, Anna Delvey’s lawyer in the Netflix series…

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