Chicagoans is a first-person account from off the beaten track, as told to Anne Ford. This week’s Chicagoan is . . . Anne Ford!
April Abbott, ex-matchmaker: “Women would come in and say, ‘Oh, I’m so attractive, I spend so much time on myself, I’m so well-read, and I work out every day,’ and I would want to say, ‘Go fuck yourself.’ ”
Bettie Luciu, waxer: “If you’re trying to apply the wax to the inner labia, you have to take your finger and move the clit away. It’s just a big eyebrow to me.”
Othman Al-Ani, former refugee: “For my security check, they asked me, ‘Do you feel you are in dangerous situation in Iraq?’ It’s the easiest question ever. The person asking me is working in a building inside a building inside a building inside a very secure building. I’m thinking, ‘If we are in a good situation, why are you sitting in here?’ ”
