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Just started and it feels like Ocean Vuong writing a new version of The Outsiders.
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To be a human is complex, and often painful; to be an animal is comfortingly simple and good.
“Shaving is a way to start the workday by ritually not cutting your throat when you’ve the chance.”
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“Women remain underrepresented and overlooked in medical research, even though many treatments interact differently in a female body than in a male one.”
― All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today
― All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today
“How odd I can have all this inside me and to you it’s just words.”
― The Pale King
― The Pale King
“A lot of our colleagues are almost afraid of taking care of pregnant women,” Bose says. “But when fear stops us from asking questions, it stops us from solving treatable problems.”
― All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today
― All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today
“Rather, it is to ask for a medical world that is more human, more holistic, more capable of seeing the patient as a whole person and not just a series of broken parts.”
― All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today
― All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today
The Pale King
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