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Therese Shechter

Brooklyn, NY

[Pssst...You can get to know my very talented and accomplished collaborators on this project at http://www.virginitymovie.com/crew] Therese Shechter deftly uses humor-spiked, personal narrative to chronicle 21st Century feminism, and is proud to ha... view more

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