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I'm standing in a slaughterhouse where the cattle are begging to become hamburgers. I have a right to be jumpy.
Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
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Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: April 16
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Silver Spring
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