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Attacking a crocodile to save a friend, getting a pink mohawk at 90 years old, getting a huge billboard ad to call out a cheater—this is just the tip of the iceberg of female awesomeness. They’re called ‘power moves’ for a reason. They resonate. They echo. They stick in your memory better than bubble gum to the pavement on a scorching summer’s day.

Scroll down to see the very best posts about women who deserve respect for their power moves, collected by the Bored Panda team. Remember to upvote your fave pics and don’t forget to share your opinion in the comments. And when you’re done with this list, you’ll definitely want to check out this (gender-neutral) article about awesome power moves.

Meanwhile, be sure to read Bored Panda’s exclusive interview with British comedy writer, aspiring pop star, and single mother Ariane Sherine, a woman of more talents than we could list. We had a chat with her about the indicators that you’re living a high-quality good life, why women shouldn’t be pressured to get married, and the challenges that women still face today in the West.

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A True Madlass

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Neerja will always be our hero. Posthumously, she was awarded 'Ashoka Chakra', India's highest peacetime gallantry award. She became first female and the youngest recipient of this award.

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London-based comedy writer and multitalented creative Ariane shared with Bored Panda what she thinks are the main things that help lead a high-quality life, no matter what gender you might be.

“I think four things are essential for a full life: being true to yourself, being kind to yourself and others, having fun, and working hard to achieve your dreams,” she shared.

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This Is 90 Year Old Suzanne Hoylaerts Of Belgium. She Passed Away After Refusing A Respirator To Combat Covid-19 Telling Her Doctors “Save It For The Youngest Who Need It Most, I’ve Already Had A Beautiful Life”

This Is 90 Year Old Suzanne Hoylaerts Of Belgium. She Passed Away After Refusing A Respirator To Combat Covid-19 Telling Her Doctors “Save It For The Youngest Who Need It Most, I’ve Already Had A Beautiful Life”

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Zoinks!

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Mad Lass Pretends To Not Know English

Mad Lass Pretends To Not Know English

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“Also, stop caring so much what other people think (you learn this as you get older!). We know we’re on track if we’re happy. Emotional pain signals that we need to change something in our lives,” Ariane explained to us how we can gauge if we’re on the right path in life or if we should consider changing some things.

Bored Panda wanted to get Ariane’s opinion on why some women are still pressured to get married as soon as possible, even in the West, in the 21st century. “Maybe not as soon as possible, but certainly at some point,” she said.

“I felt the pressure so badly, I went and married the wrong guy and regretted it,” Ariane opened up to us.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If ladies run too fast their wombs might fall out /s It’s the same with trains apparently - that was a genuine concern with the first steam engines, men worried the speed would make their wombs shoot out of their bodies!

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This Muslim Woman Took A Photo In Front Of An Anti-Muslim Protest Like A Pro

This Muslim Woman Took A Photo In Front Of An Anti-Muslim Protest Like A Pro

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Muslims are actually pretty cool people, don't know why people gotta be so mean

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She also offered a good comeback for when a woman gets asked why she’s not married yet. “I guess the comeback depends on the person asking, but try sighing and joking, ‘I guess I’m just not over your dad!’”

According to comedy writer Ariane, there are still many challenges that women face in this day and age, even in the West. She told us that “there’s still a lot of misogyny” and the sexual assault conviction rate is “shocking.”

“In the UK, only 7% of cases get to court and convictions are only 1.7% when it’s estimated that 95% of perpetrators are guilty. There’s definitely still a lot of work to do,” she said.

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Raven Sheridan
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They did a movie about this with Hilary Swank. What they didn't tell you at the end of the film, was the Kenny died 6 months after he was released in a motorcycle accident. Tragic.

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Writer and human rights advocate Elizabeth Arif-Fear previously explained to Bored Panda that women still face barriers to entry, sexist attitudes, and harassment because of their gender. This can occur in the workplace, as well as at home. For instance, there’s still the expectation that women ‘should’ be the ones to do the lion’s share of the housework, even if they work full-time jobs.

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Goldie Williams Was A Rebellious Woman Arrested For Vagrancy. ‘She Refused To Unfold Her Arms And Stop Making This Face For Her 1898 Mugshot - Omaha, Nebraska

Goldie Williams Was A Rebellious Woman Arrested For Vagrancy. ‘She Refused To Unfold Her Arms And Stop Making This Face For Her 1898 Mugshot - Omaha, Nebraska

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Marilyn Monroe Was A Madlass

Marilyn Monroe Was A Madlass

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Definitely Should Be Here!

Definitely Should Be Here!

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“If both partners are working full-time then they should be sharing the housework equally. Sadly, research shows that women still do more housework than men even when working. On a practical level, if a couple is committed to an equal level of partnership, drawing up a chore timetable can be useful, as can designating roles by working out who does what based on their likes and strengths,” Elizabeth said.

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Madlasses Must Not Be Messed With

Madlasses Must Not Be Messed With

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Fan Wears A Ryan Reynolds Shirt To Meet Hugh Jackman

Fan Wears A Ryan Reynolds Shirt To Meet Hugh Jackman

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#18

This Is How You Stand Up To Government!

This Is How You Stand Up To Government!

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NsG
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Unfortunately, I suspect the cameraperson holds more power than the young woman, amazing as she is. Without it being documented, I doubt very much that they would have "lined up" to arrest her, she wouldn't have even had time to open that booklet. Recording for posterity (aka evidence) is what made them hesitate.

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“These attitudes go beyond chores. They are a symptom of sexism. In such a relationship, both partners are not equal. No woman should be expected to work two full-time jobs—one paid and one at home—while her able-bodied husband sits back and does nothing at home,” the expert said.

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We Didn’t Know Because They Didn’t Want Us To! G Nbc

We Didn’t Know Because They Didn’t Want Us To! G Nbc

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Walking On Sunshine
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And of course we don't know anything about her unlike Paul Revere. What a load of crap. Once again, a woman did twice the job a man did and a man got the credit.

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“In today’s world, looking after the home and/or children is a full-time job in itself and such work needs to be shared. Families often have to rely on two incomes and women have the right to pursue professional goals—something which their spouse should encourage as part of an equal partnership,” she told us.

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The Maddest Of Lasses

The Maddest Of Lasses

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Jo Johannsen
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wonder if she took him and a peach switch out behind the shed and taught him some manners?

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Mad Lass Wrestler Beating All The Boys With Her Bare Hands- They Don't Look Too Happy About It Either

Mad Lass Wrestler Beating All The Boys With Her Bare Hands- They Don't Look Too Happy About It Either

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“Being financially dependent on a man is not a healthy or safe option. Spouses must be equal in opportunities and shared duties. As working patterns have shifted with the economy in the past decades, outdated sexist attitudes also need to shift. A women’s role is where she wants to be—just like a man’s.”

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According to Elizabeth, it’s not a woman’s job to pick up or look after her male relatives. “If she chooses to stay at home as the family is financially able to manage on one wage, that must be the couple’s joint decision. Even then, there must be mutual respect, sharing of responsibility, and a fair equitable division of chores.”

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DennyS (denzoren)
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd also like to add...that when everyone is paying their respects you walk up to the coffin, look inside, and while walking away you press your ear and whisper, "he's dead, it's confirmed"

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Jo Johannsen
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sounds like the boyfriend had more respect for the daughter than the mother did.

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Beeps
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It’s really not ok how many times this exact same scenario actually happens here in the UK, as police completely ignore bike theft. Even if you call them and say: “My stolen bike is being advertised online” they still won’t intervene.

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Rule Number One: Curtsy To The Queen Or Something. Rule Number Two: No Running At School Events I Guess

Rule Number One: Curtsy To The Queen Or Something. Rule Number Two: No Running At School Events I Guess

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This has been used before and there were multiple posts pointing out that there were no "royal rules" about running in races at schools.

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#34

Well That Didn't Go As Planned

Well That Didn't Go As Planned

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Rijkærd
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The guys from SEGA should look for her and give her a job.

Radek Suski
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why the heck he hated it? This is clearly way difficult with this limitation to do an assignment. She is clearly talented

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If Picasso can have Dora Maar as his muse, why can't she have Sonic? Whatever inspires art gives us a better world.

UpupaEpops
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The art teacher was an idiot. It's actually really interesting when the same subject is explored using different techniques and materials. They can drastically change the overall feeling conveyed by the art piece, even if the subject is the same (in pose as well).

Paul Davis
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If a student shows any passion for anything you're teaching you need to encourage and hold onto it, not try to fail them you dirtbag

snipergun
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If first day with class teacher said "I hate sonic the hedgehog, never show it to my face", I'd do exactly same. No regret even if i failed.

Chris Lew
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Teacher probably would have dinged Monet for painting the same church over and over

John Montgomery
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had an art teacher in high school who prohibited anything pop culture because it couldn't be in an art show or something like that. It was so frustrating. I wasn't there to win awards. I just wanted to have fun and maybe learn a few techniques.

Kirsten Dayne
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had a classmate in a scriptwriting class last semester who got the prof's permission to literally write Sonic fanfic

Mickie Shea
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Every great artist has a mission. For some, it is the "Call of the hedgehog".

LynzCatastrophe
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I actually did something very similar myself one semester in high school, every art assignment matched the sneakers I was wearing. At the end of the semester I cleaned them up and transformed them into a light fixture. My art teacher was actually impressed with that last one.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We have to make art that has our month's vocab words as an assignment. I write haikus about frogs. Every. Single. Time.

Demongrrrrl
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Kind of like David Tennant writing many of his school essays about Doctor Who.

Jo Choto
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can think of a couple of art assignments right off the bat that would be impossible to fulfill by using Sonic the Hedgehog.

Eiram
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't think of a single one that wouldn't. Portrait of a person wearing sonic t-shirt, clay pot with image on side, blue and white abstract painting with yellow circles... all of it. (Now I want to do it)

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D. Pitbull
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think that's impressive... I mean... It's a known character - and I've learned recently (take up arts/crafts stuff) that accurately reproducing a well known and very consistently drawn character is FREAKIN' HARD - getting all the proportions right so that it looks *like the character* .. and a mosaic? That's GOOD.

DC
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Weird. Cool, the cool kind of weird. She's Freak for sure - and there's like only the cool kind of REAL Freak.

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Model And Actress Anita Ekberg, After Being Followed And Hounded By Photographers, Beat One Of Them Up. When They Threatened To Call The Cops, She Retrieved A Bow And Arrow From Her Villa And Shot Another Photographer (1960) The Last Thing A Journaliste Sees :

Model And Actress Anita Ekberg, After Being Followed And Hounded By Photographers, Beat One Of Them Up. When They Threatened To Call The Cops, She Retrieved A Bow And Arrow From Her Villa And Shot Another Photographer (1960) The Last Thing A Journaliste Sees :

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How do you water for 20 minutes without the water overflowing? One drop at a time?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So is that the deaf persons way of covering your ears and screaming "I CAN'T HEAR YOU LA LA LA LA!"

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Absolute Madlass Changes Bio To Make Fun Of The Potus

Absolute Madlass Changes Bio To Make Fun Of The Potus

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Madlass Strikes Twice!

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Power Move

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Andrea Josipović
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Like when i asked my grandma how many times has she dropped her phone and she said "why would i drop it, i take care of my things". The look of disbelieve on me And my siblings eyes while all holding phones with cracked glass...

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Taylor Swift Being An Absolute Madlass...

Taylor Swift Being An Absolute Madlass...

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Madlass Steals Declaration Of Independence Because She's Vaccinated

Madlass Steals Declaration Of Independence Because She's Vaccinated

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Madlass With Vibranium Balls Saves Christmas

Madlass With Vibranium Balls Saves Christmas

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My “Birthday At The Beach Trip” Got Cancelled Bc My Husband’s Boss Got Leukemia (F*ck Cancer), So He Has To Work. Gramma Knew I Was Bummed, But Understanding (F*ck Cancer). So This Is What She Put Inside My Birthday Card

My “Birthday At The Beach Trip” Got Cancelled Bc My Husband’s Boss Got Leukemia (F*ck Cancer), So He Has To Work. Gramma Knew I Was Bummed, But Understanding (F*ck Cancer). So This Is What She Put Inside My Birthday Card

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Now That’s A Madlass

Now That’s A Madlass

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Mir Adwari
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To explain, she had frozen the sperm to fertilise another woman's egg later. She doesn't plan to carry the baby. This is the only way to make the baby genetically hers.

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Acute Madlass

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Kim Kermes
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Should I be scared because I could tell it wasn't 90° without the headline?

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Madlass Just Said No

Madlass Just Said No

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Andy Acceber
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've done that. When I flew back home between semesters in college, I was too broke to pay for a checked bag. So, I wore six pairs of pants (trousers), eight tops, and two hats onto a plane. The oddest thing is that I clearly wasn't the only one. There was one dude wearing a baseball cap and two cowboy hats.

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Bought My First House! Got A Scam Letter Concerning My Mortgage And Decided To Send Back Their Pre-Paid Envelope, Empty And Sealed With Just This Sticker. Suck It Random Company In Missouri!

Bought My First House! Got A Scam Letter Concerning My Mortgage And Decided To Send Back Their Pre-Paid Envelope, Empty And Sealed With Just This Sticker. Suck It Random Company In Missouri!

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Sheila Stamey
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I always pack as much as I can get in to make it heavier than one ounce. ( Of course being careful with the addressed things,) mail them lots of coupon edges. Random news paper crap. Usually my junk mail minus my address. Saves on my garbage and causes them to spend extra, win win.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Transgender youtube make up artist Nikkie was blackmailed by someone, that she will be outed if won't pay money. So she released youtube video instead and told everything. Go girl!

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My Friends Grandma Passed Away Recently. She Hadn't Registered Her Car In Years... This Is How This Mad Lass Pulled It Off

My Friends Grandma Passed Away Recently. She Hadn't Registered Her Car In Years... This Is How This Mad Lass Pulled It Off

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Adrian
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Where I live this would mean she had no 3rd party insurance. Have an accident and some innocent party can be very badly disadvantaged.

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This Madlass Doesn't Need A Doggie

This Madlass Doesn't Need A Doggie

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