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His first experiment with publicity was helping Keiko Ibi, then a film grad student, when she got nominated for a documentary short Oscar for “The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2021

The idea for Personals grew out of @h_e_r_s_t_o_r_y, the viral lesbian culture Instagram account through which Rakowski for years shared historic images, memes, photos of queer icons and other “dyke imagery”.

From The Guardian • Nov. 8, 2019

Both were hopeful that the Personals app would attract a better crowd and provide an easier way of forming connections.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2018

Mike Stabile, the No on 60 spokesman, said the complaint is mistaken, and the money actually comes from a completely different company, Global Personals LLC, which is based in Miami.

From Washington Times • Sep. 30, 2016

The trouble was that my advertisement went into a column headed "Business Personals," along with a lot of manicure and massage advertising.

From How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers by Bleyer, Willard Grosvenor