Bee’s Reviews > The Vanishing Half > Status Update

There were many ways to be alienated from someone, few to actually belong

Peg is feminist but still holds racism. Intersectionality

Interesting that Stella likes maths because it doesn’t change. Perhaps a reflection of all the change she has gone through in her life. So maths offers a comforting relief of stability

Sexism of Blake in response to Stella’s drive for education and work

Vanishing half of race and gender. Stella v Miss Vignes. Theresse Ann Carter v Reese.
Blake thought his black doll would be brown inside.
“She had become white only because everyone thought she was...sometimes she wandered if Miss Vignes was a separate person altogether. Maybe she went a mask this Stella put on. Maybe Miss Vignes was already a part of her, as if she’d been split in half”