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Owned and Protected
Photo by Leo_Visions on Unsplash I read Margo's Got Money Trouble and the comparison I immediately thought about was The L-Shaped Room. In both novels, the protagonist gets accidentally pregnant and decides to keep the baby despite most men in her life discouraging her. Margo lives in 2020s USA while Jane lives in 1950s UK, but the ways these two women are marginalised are strikingly similar. On the surface, both women are shamed for getting pregnant outside of marriage. Jane

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On Moving, Home, Creativity, and Books
Read this on galpod.com. I only feel at home when I have unpacked my books. We left our previous home on May 13th, but only last Thursday...

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Jun 8, 20212 min read


Book Review—Superior
Read this on galpod.com. As a history of race science, this is an excellent book. It begins with the roots of the concept of race, how it...

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Feb 1, 20212 min read


Trip Reading List
Read this on galpod.com. I was going to write a "This is what 42 looks like" post, but I got bored writing about myself. So instead I...

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Jan 25, 20211 min read
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