Ah men, why do you want all this attention? I can write poems for myse…

Margaret Atwood
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Ah men, why do you want all this attention? I can write poems for myself, make love to a doorknob if absolutely necessary. What do you have to offer me I can't find otherwise except humiliation? Which I no longer need. ✨ FaceBook post byMargaret Atwood from Nov 13, 2015
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Ah men, why do you want all this attention? I can write poems for myself, make love to a doorknob if absolutely necessary. What do you have to offer me I can't find otherwise except humiliation? Which I no longer need. ✨ FaceBook post byMargaret Atwood from Nov 13, 2015

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