You didn't think we'd go without discussing *that* photo, did you?
Over the weekend, scores of people who were browsing through Twitter stumbled upon an explicit reminder of how important quality hiking boots really are: a photo of Joyce Carol Oates’s agonizingly painful-looking foot after a hike she said she did in sandals. The image quickly made the rounds.
If you want to see the photo from the novelist, who is a National Book Award Winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist, you can scroll to the bottom of this article—but we’re warning you, it’s viscerally graphic.threatening to pop. The area surrounding them is scaly and inflamed. In addition to sharing the photo, Oates added the caption, “so important to wear proper hiking boots. never/ever walk in the woods in sandals.
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