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Women in the postfeminist era, while supposedly strong and commanding and equal to men in every sense, looked weaker and smaller than ever before.

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Portia de Rossi
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: January 31
Actress
Autobiographer
Film Actor
Model
Television Actor
Writer
Horsham
Victoria
Australia
Portia Lee James DeGeneres
Amanda Lee Rogers
Portia DeGeneres
Portia Di Rossi
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