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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Lifestyle
Alaina Demopoulos

‘Can’t we have a funny joke?’ Why #girlmath is dividing TikTok

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According to girl math, you’re saving money if you spend extra to get free shipping. Photograph: Islandstock/Alamy

Anyone who watched 2000s episodes of What Not to Wear or read Cosmopolitan in the 90s knows girl math well. Back in the day, we used to call it fashion math. Let’s say a designer bag costs $800. That’s out of budget – until you remember you’ll use it every day. That’s, like, less than $1 per wear.

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Daniela Soto joked: ‘If something is on sale and I don’t buy it, I’m losing money.’ Photograph: Daniela Soto
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