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Was My Mastectomy a Betrayal of Feminism?
By Lizzie Stark — 2014
Until I had doctors remove my breasts and rebuild them again, I was a feminist who never saw herself as particularly feminine. Since then, I’ve questioned my feminist cred and tossed out my jeans in favor of dresses.
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