“And thus, how crushed are our mothers, grandmothers, and daughters… who, for the crime of failing to »appear beautiful in some unthinkably superficial and advertised ‘fashion’, shall live lives of crushed isolation within and without, never realizing the incredible power of the unthinkable »» gift of not appearing beautiful »». And in so doing, they are being ignored — and denied all that their human birth demands the hope and opportunity of. And -is the living promise of-.”

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