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I think you can't have this discussion and you can't have a discussion about feminism and the consciousness of the world without having a discussion about what has happened to men lately. They're holding the other side of the bag.

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Amanda Palmer
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: April 30
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I was just a very dark kid. My family was complicated.
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If I were a guy, it would be, you know, just a different set of problems I have to carry along.
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If I simply do what I've always done, it's never failed me.
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