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Nov 2023
57m 24s

Whose Pain Counts? (Susan Burton)

Elise Loehnen
About this episode
“I mean, I do think that I have an abiding interest in women's bodies. In how our bodies can be determinative, how they can suggest certain identities, how they can preclude certain identities, how our bodies can, you know, hold lots of possibilities. Like, I noticed I just said the negative parts first, I think because it took me until I was in my mid forti ... Show More
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