I don't like labels
13th July 2016 | for Creatives | books, bookstores, women's fiction, genre, Freya North, categorization of art |
"I don't like labels. I don't like it when bookstores have sections labeled 'Women's Fiction' because they don't have sections labeled 'Men's Fiction.'"
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