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Word: ugly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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More than anything else she wanted to be pretty. But in adolescence her complexion raged and she got fat. A lifelong obsession with personal ugli ness began. Unequal to the conventional standards of Southern femininity, Joplin decided to be its antithesis: she became one of the guys-palling around with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Alone with the Blues | 8/27/1973 | See Source »

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