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Have come away from her talk at AWW feeling confused about Lindy West's take on women's choice, namely their body and right to do with it what one wills, yet when it comes to having an abortion the baby's body, foetus, is not a prime concern, but the choice to kill it is!! The connection was not made between the rights of US citizens, blacks and brown skinned people and their right to stay alive threatened by US POL?

Megan Considering it was not yet a baby--it couldn't breathe on its own, eat on its own, survive on its own--it doesn't really factor in. In addition, under…moreConsidering it was not yet a baby--it couldn't breathe on its own, eat on its own, survive on its own--it doesn't really factor in. In addition, under federal law in the US no one has a right to use another person's body to stay alive against their will. The fetus didn't have bodily autonomy; the POC to whom you refer do.(less)

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So far I'm enjoying the book, but is it bothering anyone else that Baloo wasn't in Robin Hood? Like, did I miss something, or did Baloo and Little John somehow just get meshed together in West's mind?

Whitney She is riffing on them being essentially the same character. (Some would say they are literally the same character, with the same original images bein…moreShe is riffing on them being essentially the same character. (Some would say they are literally the same character, with the same original images being used for both, as well as the same voice actor.)

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