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To make human reproduction work, half the population needs to have a highly specialized biology that can be, repeatedly, hormonally rewired for a potential pregnancy, as well as bleed hundreds of times and each time repair itself without
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“A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.”
― The Sirens of Titan
― The Sirens of Titan
“If watching television doesn't hasten death, it surely manages to make death very inviting; for television so shamelessly sentimentalizes and romanticizes death that it makes the living feel they have missed something - just by staying alive.”
― A Prayer for Owen Meany
― A Prayer for Owen Meany
“Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.”
― Timequake
― Timequake
“Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.”
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“The "feminine" woman is forever static and childlike. She is like the ballerina in an old-fashioned music box, her unchanging features tiny and girlish, her voice tinkly, her body stuck on a pin, rotating in a spiral that will never grow.”
― Backlash: The Undeclared War Against Women
― Backlash: The Undeclared War Against Women
Middle East/North African Lit
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Current banner photo : Gaza at Palestine #Land day https://altahrir.wordpress.com/2020/02/04/land-in-eastern-gaza-declared-a-disaster-zone-due-to-isr ...more
PALESTINE
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Discussing whatever related to Palestine and in any language.
Towards Understanding The Muslim World
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The aim of this group is to read and discuss books, as well as documentaries/films, related to the Middle East, Central and South Asia, Africa, and Mu ...more
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A place for people in Durham, North Carolina to talk about what they're reading. Upcoming author readings and book events. Favorite bookstores. ...more
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Discussion forum and book club for books about the U. S. Congress and the U. S. government suggested by GovTrack.us staff and users.
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