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Mar 2022
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The Truth and Beauty PART II: The Birth ...

THE DAILY WIRE
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Andrew Klavan and his son Spencer Klavan (no relation) discuss how the author Mary Shelley gave birth to the Science Fiction genre through the creation of her masterpiece, Frankenstein. Drew explains how this genre centers around a humanity that has evolved beyond the need for mothers, and how this is reflected in a modern day leftist culture that seeks to erase women.

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