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I waited patiently - years - for the pendulum to swing the other way, for men to start reading Jane Austen, learn how to knit, pretend to love cosmos, organize scrapbook parties, and make out with each other while we leer. And then we'd say, Yeah, he's a Cool Guy.

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Gillian Flynn
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: February 10
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Gillian Schieber Flynn
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