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“Selling Yourself”
“Selling Yourself” Where I come from, there was another name for women who did that, and it wasn’t “sex worker.” Although writing Confessions of a Young Philosopher sometimes felt like being crucified near an ant hill – compared to marketing, … Continue reading
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