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is on page 101 of 562
also obvi this could change but. this is such a tepid, lukewarm book. de beauvoir had already written the second sex (idk if she wrote the blood of others before or after). im ignoring the "negro" slurs, even though it's quite honestly baffling when the book draws a parallel between the anti-slavery movement and the feminist movement. i know it's a product of its time, but if sanger could face a judge
— Jul 31, 2025 04:57PM
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brbb
is on page 102 of 562
who told her that to die in childbirth was better than contraception and abortion, surely you can do better than beg for the right to personhood. rn the book doesn't even really protest against the "other women have it worse" rhetoric. thank you for sayng feminists still got married and still looked like blow-up dolls, god forbid they did not fit the white, petite, soft-spoken definition of woman.
— Jul 31, 2025 05:01PM
brbb
is on page 100 of 562
this book is like a horror movie
it's so. insane to read about this very specific, post-wwii time in america, when middle class meant you could support a truly extravagant lifestyle on a single salary, and remember that while american propaganda worked so well it was persuading women that it was natural to not be a person, slavery was alive and well.
— Jul 31, 2025 03:39PM
it's so. insane to read about this very specific, post-wwii time in america, when middle class meant you could support a truly extravagant lifestyle on a single salary, and remember that while american propaganda worked so well it was persuading women that it was natural to not be a person, slavery was alive and well.
