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“I'm much more comfortable in pants and shirts, running around. There was a typical construction about womanhood when I was growing up that I rejected.” quote by Shirley Geok-lin Lim — Download Open image

“I'm much more comfortable in pants and shirts, running around. There was a typical construction about womanhood when I was growing up that I rejected.”

Shirley Geok-lin Lim

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