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Release Date: June 29, 2009 This content is archived.
An article in the Detroit News about the life and death of Farrah Fawcett quotes Elayne Rapping, professor of American studies, who said the actress represented a whole post-feminism shift, introducing the idea that "women can be strong and do anything a man can do, even in high heels and not have a hair out of place."
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