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I hate this bizarre policy of protective exclusion, because it effectively writes me off the page.

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Sara Gruen
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 1
Author
Novelist
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Bizarre
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Policy
Hate
Exclusion
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Protective
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