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Because when an artist has to assert that her intended audience is all humans rather than those who happen to be of her particular gender or race, what she’s actually having to assert is the breadth and depth of her own humanity.
Cheryl Strayed
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Cheryl Strayed
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: September 17
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