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“So be honest,” one email started. “Did you get this idea from Orange Is the New Black?” This is not the way these emails — replies to the Craigslist postings I make about undies for sale — typically begin. I’ve been selling my used panties for over a year now, starting right before the time the ladies of Litchfield Penitentiary began elaborately hocking their own undergarments on the popular Netflix series. More: A Ghostbusters gift guide because we ain't afraid of no ghosts A couple of years ago, selling panties was a seedy affair, an extra added on by girls willing to
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