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Lynne Segal

Feminist psychologist, activist and author, Is the Future Female? and Making Trouble.

Australian-born feminist psychologist and activist and professor at Birkbeck, Segal is author of Is the Future Female? and Making Trouble.

Australian-born feminist psychologist and activist and professor at Birkbeck, Segal is author of Is the Future Female? and Making Trouble.

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