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Lisbeth Salander is skinny. Frail-skinny, bird-boned skinny, so that when you fuck Lisbeth Salander you think: Not so tough. I could break you. Fuckable damaged girls are always skinny in books by men; fat girls are a different kind of damaged. Which is to say, unlovable. Remember that, the next time you tell someone Lisbeth Salander is strong.

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9.
Lisbeth Salander is crazy, Lisbeth Salander is broken. Lisbeth Salander doesn’t know kindness. Until you come along. You. Yes, you. Lisbeth Salander is waiting for you, to show her the mysteries of her own heart. Lisbeth Salander: incomplete without you. You’ll find yourself attracted to her, despite her prickly demeanor; underneath it all, she’s really rather pretty, although she doesn’t think so. Tell her she’s a babe! She’ll growl, but secretly she’ll be pleased.