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Why is it that only girls stand on the sides of their feet? As if they're afraid to plant themselves?

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Girls
Afraid
Feet
Stand
Sides
Girl
Feminist
Plant

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