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What i really can't stand about the feminist revolution is that it produced some of the smuggest, most unselfcritical people the world has ever seen. they are horrible.
-Doris Lessing
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What I Really Can't Stand About The

Doris Lessing
What i really can't stand about the feminist revolution is that it produced some of the smuggest, most unselfcritical people the world has ever seen. they are horrible.
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