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pickUntil the show adaptation on 🍎TV, I‘d never heard of this book. I hope they‘ll do more episodes, and I liked some of the changes made on the show—especially when centering from the experience of Black Womxn. This book is full of interesting stories, each one about womxn in different, challenging and sometimes frightening, situations. The key is almost always, looking deeper within and rising over the world, claiming it as your own place—owning
JenniferEgnor your power. As womxn, especially queer, disabled, of color—-we are often pushed back, unheard, unseen. These stories are about taking that back. I found them to be inspiring and I‘ll be sharing this book with the other womxn in my life. 2y
JenniferEgnor I‘ve included a photo here of some of the amazing womxn in my life. Each one of us has been/is going through some kind of life experience. We go through it together, lift each other up, and are stronger for it. 2y
JenniferEgnor Lastly, I have to say my favorite story was ‘The Woman Who Guarded Gonads‘. In it, a man goes to a ‘clinic‘ seeking a vasectomy because he and his wife don‘t want anymore children. There are three women who ‘counsel‘ him. Right away, you can see that he is in what we call a ‘fake clinic‘, which most peoplx know as a ‘crisis pregnancy center‘. (In reality, these are HIPAA exempt religious centers which don‘t provide medical care but provide 2y
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JenniferEgnor manipulation and disinformation instead). A protestor stands outside with a graphic sign, just like at real clinics in reality—only, this sign is of a penis, and there is arguing about language. Anti-abortion people don‘t use the word fetus. They use ‘preborn/unborn/baby‘. Sperm, in this story…are essentially, given PERSONHOOD. Yes, you read that right! Just like legislators are trying to give eggs personhood over the pregnant person, now. (edited) 2y
JenniferEgnor The man is ‘counseled‘ against a vasectomy, as it is illegal. He insists that he will just travel elsewhere to other countries where it is normal, common, safe, and legal; this is HIS body, HIS choice—how could they say otherwise?! At this point, they pretty much tell him he‘s just admitted to them he is going to do something illegal, and he will have to be turned in to authorities. Sound familiar? Texas, anyone? 2y
JenniferEgnor I love what the author did with this story and I‘m glad she put it in the book. With that being said, don‘t think the Dobbs decision doesn‘t effect you. It absolutely does, and they will not stop here. Please register to vote and let nothing stop you from getting to the polls next month. We are weeks away from a critical election. Vote like your life depends on it. IT DOES. 2y
IuliaC I enjoyed this one very much, I have to check the show as well 😊 2y
slategreyskies Wow, great review. Thanks! 13mo
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