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Oftentimes, when a woman demands accountability, respect, or consideration, she is crazy or nagging or whatever.

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Roxane Gay
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: October 15
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Scrabble Player
Writer
Omaha
Nebraska
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