What My Friend Charlotte Wore To A Murder Trial

A guest post by one of my favorite people.

Last November, one of my funniest (and best) friends,

Charlotte Dean

(who writes this excellent Substack Charlotte’s Shorts of micro-stories - I love this one) was called in for Jury Duty in LA. She’s a born and raised Los Angeles native, and it was her first time serving on a Jury….and she got assigned to a three week long murder trial.

Obviously, it was super heavy, and she took the role extremely seriously. Despite it being a very long, very intense and upsetting trial, she’s the kind of person to find wonder and humor in every situation she’s in. While she couldn’t tell us anything about the actual trial while it was going on, she did keep me updated on her outfits.

For probably the first time in her life (she’s a writer and visual artist) she was required to adhere to a “business casual” dress code. She bought her first ever blazer. She made some interesting friends, and I marveled at her ability to turn an exhausting and depressing three week long commitment into an adventure.

I asked if she’d…