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French women are all about the wonders of simplicity.

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Épater — to wow, to stun, to amaze!

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“When chickens have teeth!”

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This brought me to tears.

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In between pressing his lips against my skin, he says, “Not everyone gets you like I do,” but this time, it doesn’t really feel like romance. It feels a bit like a threat. My stomach tightens and I count back all the times he’s told me to relax.

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This is a man who uses these funds to commission and finance terrorist attacks against his own country, and beyond, in the Horn of Africa and across Eastern Africa.

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As the daughter of French people raised in the U.S., I’ve always identified as American above all.

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8. Gagnam Style