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I have been asked, politely and not so politely, why I am myself. This is an accounting any woman will be called on to give if she asserts her will.

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Andrea Dworkin
Age: 58 †
Born: 1946
Born: September 26
Died: 2005
Died: April 9
Essayist
Feminist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Writer
Camden
New Jersey
Andrea Rita Dworkin
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Politely
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