Take a moment to observe this surreal moment from the first presidential debate when Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump — who are currently running very aggressive and radically different campaigns against each other — shake hands and smile. 

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Prachi Gupta is an award-winning journalist and former senior reporter at Jezebel. She won a Writers Guild Award for her investigative essay “Stories About My Brother.” Her work was featured in The Best American Magazine Writing 2021 and has appeared in The Atlantic, The Washington Post Magazine, Marie Claire, Salon, Elle, and elsewhere. PrachiGupta lives in New York City.