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Should I get into the fashion industry? Should I pursue music? Should I have stuck with my psychology major and dedicated my life to helping people crazier than myself?

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March is Women’s History Month, so as a committed bookworm, I’ve put together a list of ten of my favorite books written by women.

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1. Painted cat whiskers on my face and told a boy—in graphic detail—about the crocodilian reproductive system.

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You hear about people “devouring books,” and it’s kind of become a cliche saying. But, no. I’m not being dramatic. I fell in love with this woman, her way with words, her innate imagination that brought forth my own memories of childhood haunts.

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So I began to think maybe it was true that when you were married and had children it was like being brainwashed, and afterward you went about as numb as a slave in some private, totalitarian state.

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— McKeen, you shit-eating freak. I warned you not to write that vicious trash about me —

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If you actually got to read The Bell Jar in high school (for class), color me impressed.