We really need to talk about suicide

Whitney Alese
3 min readJun 8, 2018

This week, two people who were critical in my formation as an adult have decided to take their own lives, Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain.

These were both two people I admired greatly early on in my life. Kate helped me feel validated that you could be both quirky and stylish, funny and fashionable, edgy and elegant.

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Whitney Alese

Whitney Alese is an award winning writer & creator featured in WIRED Magazine, I-D Magazine, NBC, & Chalkboard Magazine.