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Gender relations are a sad story of men talking trash about women all over the world.

John Darnielle

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John Darnielle
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 16
Composer
Musician
Singer-Songwriter
Bloomington
Indiana
Talking
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Women
Men
Trash
World
Relations
Gender
Relation

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