"If Marilyn Monroe and Princess Diana were "candles in the wind," and Anna Nicole Smith was a bonfire in a hailstorm, and Lindsay Lohan is an electric toaster thrown intentionally into a Jacuzzi, then Paris Hilton s a strobe light in an epilepsy ward."

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Source: 'Serpent' Film Explores, Revives Lost Cultural Knowledge For Colombians. Weekend Edition Sunday with Tom Cole, www.npr.org. February 21, 2016.

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Cintra Wilson

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Cintra Wilson is a notable author and cultural critic known for her sharp wit and exploration of identity in works like 'Furiously Happy'.

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