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i forgot how to read for the month of may but i remembered again so im reading now.

“if the birthing woman’s body is a machine producing a product then it makes perfect sense that once the production opening reaches the standard, the product should be immediately produced given that time is of the essence if production schedules are to be maintained.”
purr yas strange making writing go for the technocratic model’s jugular with that one (also capitalism’s 🤷‍♀️)

“ individuals of high, cognitive complexity, for example, may adopt a relative view of reality tolerant of many interpretations of a given phenomenon whereas individuals with simpler cognitive systems will tend to insist on one correct interpretation.” NOT the point of the book… but… slay……

oh anthropological literature how i have missed you 😭

Reading this is excruciating. Makes me angry and sad....and determined all at the same time.

Still making me angry....

Pissing me off, but informative