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In theLiterary It-girluniverse, there is no larger chasm than that betweenJoan Didionacolytes andEve Babitzfanatics.

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Babitzaddressedtheir similarities with her signature cheek: Joan and I connected.

The drugs she was on, I was on.

Below, find out once and for all if youre a Joan Didion or an Eve Babitz.

Writer Joan Didion stands at the panhandle of Golden Gate Park with a group of hippies during the writing of her article…

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Win a college essay-writing contest, and land a job atVogue.

Or a record-label executive.

Or an artists brother.

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An ice-cold Coca-Cola first thing in the morning.

Whatever I can fit in a pillowcase.

Im never getting married.

Make him the antagonist in my novel.

Make him the antagonist in my novel.

You are observant and poised, bordering on terrifyingly exacting (as Babitz once described Didion).

Others may call you a star fucker, but youre really just brimming with ambition.

If you picked mostly Bs:

Queen of Hollywood, youre the soul of every party.