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Sarah Madaus

Sarah Madaus was previously an editorial assistant and commerce writer at SELF. She’s currently working toward her master’s in library and information science and is passionate about environmental justice, sustainability, nutrition, the internet, and fiction. She lives in Brooklyn with her 54 plants (and counting).

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