"She brightened. "Last week I ran a personal ad in the Guardian. I answered a few too. I'm not looking for sex; I feel too vulnerable for that. I just want somebody to hurt me and humiliate me.""
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Essayists from the United StatesShort story writers from the United StatesWomen authors from the United StatesNovelists from KentuckyPeople from Lexington
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"The Wrong Thing: Stuff" in Because They Wanted To (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997), p. 244.
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