It takes a great deal of courage and independence to decide to design …

Germaine Greer
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It takes a great deal of courage and independence to decide to design your own image instead of the one that society rewards, but it gets easier as you go along. ✨ Germaine Greer (1972). The female eunuch
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It takes a great deal of courage and independence to decide to design your own image instead of the one that society rewards, but it gets easier as you go along. ✨ Germaine Greer (1972). The female eunuch

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