Perfection

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(Dare to Use The F-Word, Episode 7)
In this episode of Dare to Use the F-Word, we focus on the idea of perfection. Barnard President Debora Spar, author of Wonder Women: Sex, Power, and the Quest for Perfection, sits down with millennial feminist Jamia Wilson to discuss how the drive for perfection affects young women.

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