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FLORIDA STYLE

And Men In Uniform

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Stephanie Mason-Teague
Nov 26, 2022
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“Did you see what she was wearing?”

That may have been the thought I had most often when I first moved to Florida.

Everything around me was new—the ocean, the palm trees, the heat! But what amazed me most were the booty shorts and tube tops that everyone was wearing! I was only 22 years old, transferring to a new university, overjoyed to be learning to fl…

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