K--: 'When they say I am my own person, I do not need a man, I am resp…

David Foster Wallace
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K--: 'When they say I am my own person, I do not need a man, I am responsible for my own sexuality, they are actually telling you just what they want you to make them forget. ✨ David Foster Wallace (2012). Brief Interviews With Hideous Men, p.121, Hachette UK
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K--: 'When they say I am my own person, I do not need a man, I am responsible for my own sexuality, they are actually telling you just what they want you to make them forget. ✨ David Foster Wallace (2012). Brief Interviews With Hideous Men, p.121, Hachette UK

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