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So... "female genital mutilation." Sorta hard to type the words without getting weak in the lungs! (Especially with the memory of the wine I consumed following Fatima's wrenching revelation she'd had her clit removed and her labia sewn together as a child last night on Top Model still so fresh in my gut; oh god, room spinning...) But, uh, hey! There is hope for Fatima (pictured after the jump so you can root for her in case you didn't catch the premiere) and others like her! A nonprofit called Clitoraid is collecting donations to build a charity hospital that will offer victims of genital mutilation free reconstructive surgery at a hospital in Burkina Faso. (Yes, you can fix the clit: as it turns out circumcision only removes the superficial 2 centimeters, but a full 8-10 centimeters of clit is located inside the body; who knew; okay maybe you knew but I did not.) So who is behind this grand humanitarian gesture? Just a crazy UFO church that believes humans are the descendants of aliens! More »
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