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My generation is one of the first generations of choiceful women - women who have actually had the choice of how they architect their lives - and I don't think shame should have any place in that. But as that generation, you get cuts and bruises.

Tracee Ellis Ross

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Tracee Ellis Ross
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: October 29
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