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“It's just so sad what we're willing to do for the Joey Spinellis of the world, you know? The mutilating, the tweezing, the enhancing, the plumping, the pinching, the waxing, the starving, the sweating, the bleaching. And for what? So you can wake up next to THAT in thirty years? What are we thinking??”

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Book:The Vinyl Princess

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The Vinyl Princess

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Yvonne Prinz is a renowned author whose works span various genres, including novels, essays, and poetry. Her writing is admired for its profound emotions and rich imagination. more

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