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Sep 2024
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Anti-Identity: Becoming-Woman and Becomi...

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Essays on Extinction Volume 2: Sex After Life https://www.openhumanitiespress.org/books/titles/sex-after-life/ Who Would You Kill to Save the World?: https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9781496234988/who-would-you-kill-to-save-the-world/ Craig sits down with Claire Colebrook to discuss the basics of 'minor becomings' through the concepts of 'becomin ... Show More
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