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There's nothing more threatening than a powerful woman, and there's nothing more threatening to the current order of things than women powerfully owning their own narrative. It's so threatening to people, to women as well, and it's threatening the order of things.

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Amanda Palmer
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: April 30
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