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Nancy Drew was always changing her outfits. I despised girls' clothing, I couldn't wait to get home from school and get out of it. The last thing I wanted to read was minute descriptions of Nancy's frocks.

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Alison Bechdel
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: September 10
Cartoonist
Comics Artist
Novelist
Writer
Lock Haven
Pennsylvania
Alison J. Bechdel
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Minutes
Clothings
Thing
Waiting
Clothing
Always
Lasts
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Frocks
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Descriptions
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Changing
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Nancy
School
Girls
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Home
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