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Author: Amanda LaPergola
Amanda LaPergola is a writer and performer based in New York. She is a contributing writer for The Mary Sue and will be appearing in Five Things: A Webcomic in 3-D this August at the New York International Fringe Festival. She hopes that next year we can do a Uhura retrospective.
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