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I hate the word lesbian it tells you nothing its only purpose is to inflame.

Jeanette Winterson

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Jeanette Winterson
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: August 27
Author
Film Producer
Journalist
Novelist
Prosaist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Short Story Writer
Writer
Manchester
England
Purpose
Hate
Nothing
Inflame
Lesbian
Tells
Word

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