If you are under 26 years old and get your hands on someone’s email address who you believe might change your life, I say fire away. It builds grit and a treasure trove of screenshots to look back on fondly when your brain has fully formed. In 2017 I inexplicably sent actor Chris Messina the Britney Spears lip-sync play I wrote about campus sexual assault, to “get his thoughts.” He was incredibly nice about it.