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she never showed girly weaknesses like cellulite or crushes. she never lingered on injustices committed against her.

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Showed
Crush
Injustice
Lingered
Committed
Cellulite
Weakness
Crushes
Never
Injustices
Like
Girly
Weaknesses

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