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Have you ever noticed that the women who are the most opinionated about girls playing with Barbie dolls or watching Disney princess movies also have “Miss”, “Ms” or the gender-neutral “Professor” in front of their name? And they don’t wear makeup as some kind of “feminist” statement, but they really should.

The 12 y.o.

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