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People have a right to their own lives, and if you can't help somebody, you ought to get out of their way.
Kate Millett
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Kate Millett
Age: 82 †
Born: 1934
Born: September 14
Died: 2017
Died: September 6
Feminist
Film Director
Painter
Photographer
Public Figure
Sculptor
Writer
St Paul
Minnesota
Katherine Murray Millett
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A sexual revolution begins with the emancipation of women, who are the chief victims of patriarchy, and also with the ending of homosexual oppression.
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It would appear that love is dead. Or very likely in a bad way.
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They weren't crazy. They were tired of being locked up. Even I could see that.
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