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[I want to] refuting the whole idea that there is only one way to look that women have to be so skinny to look good that they have to be 12 years old and wearing clothes that only women in their 30s and 40s can afford.
Nan Goldin
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Nan Goldin
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: September 12
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Washington
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