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All the stereotypical ‘dude’ geeky things I like are socially acceptable, and all the stereotypical ‘lady’ geeky things I like are frowned upon….

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Amanda Hocking
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: July 12
Novelist
Writer
Rochester
Minnesota
Acceptable
Lady
Upon
Things
Geeky
Like
Stereotypical
Frowned
Dude
Socially

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