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“Framing illness as even involving morality seems to me a mistake, because of course cancer does not give a shit whether you are a good person. Biology has no moral compass. It does not punish the evil and reward the good. It doesn’t even know about evil and good.
Stigma is a way of saying, “You deserved to have this happen,” but implied within the stigma is also, “And I don’t deserve it, so I don’t need to worry about it happening to me.”
― Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
Stigma is a way of saying, “You deserved to have this happen,” but implied within the stigma is also, “And I don’t deserve it, so I don’t need to worry about it happening to me.”
― Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
Belva’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Belva’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
179 books
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29 friends
1,461 books
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120 friends
256 books
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26 friends
29 books
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7 friends
Favorite Genres
Christian, Classics, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Poetry, Psychology, Religion, and Travel
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