Shirley Manson
Scottish singer and songwriter; lead vocalist of Garbage
Climate change. That is the single most important calamity in the making that I obsess over.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The morality of stealing that red liquorice.
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Menopausal anxiety.
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I’ve been awake almost my entire life. I have had insomnia since I was a child.
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