Being a bed person is not about laziness; rather, it’s a celebration of excess.

“There’s a joyless aspect to self-restraint,” she says.

“And I’m not willing to give up that joy.”

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Her penchant for excess extends well beyond the confines of her bedroom.

“We unfortunately never questioned the other’s judgment,” Raphael says of their early projects.

“I used to be riddled with insecurity.

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An acceptance, if you will, of the wreckage.

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