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She, too, were a midwife, banished from this place for speaking her mind too freely and for having the audacity to be a woman who strove to educate other women.

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#feminist

238/337pgs

I JUST WANT TO KNOW THE ENDING ( this is a compliment )

231/337pgs

another reason why they would accuse me of witchcraft : I talked back.

anyway cant believe it took me forever to correlate a cat and a ‘ witch ‘

162/337 pgs

so unsettling

100/337pgs

Well, when you go about speaking of ill humors and throwing windows open to the cold night’s air, you give mean, narrow-minded folk the wrong impression.

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funny to see how the world evolves, we went from not believing this to having our own pamali & pantang larang etc

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But when people cannot understand something, when they can’t make sense of a thing, they always become fearful. People fear what they do not understand, you see?

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“ cunning woman “. btw i read the reviews where people said this book is —sinful, explicit, smutty— has some bodies humping but i am yet to even see one that’s ‘ awful ‘? lol

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When a woman caused too much trouble or spoke too plainly, it seemed, there were those who would take umbrage and use piety as excuse and reason to take her in hand.

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see they would hang me for witchcraft in the 1700s for sure

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And the louder they are, the less they know. The more they boast, the less they have. The more show they put on in front of lasses, the less show they’ve got for you under the bed linens.

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oh babygirl istg if he lights off the fire in you..

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“A woman’s body is a wondrous thing,” Thomas said, and he meant it.

Sam nodded vigorously, eyes wide. “Indeed, it is, and thank the Lord for a woman’s body.”

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* an eyebrow raised *

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The men in power could not abide by a woman speaking her mind and gaining the admiration of others.

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reason two why i’d be blame for witchcraft : i’m outspoken