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Heather W Peterson
Jun. 25, 2024, afternoon

Two quintessential Shaw moments in this review: 1. The meditation on the reason for using “welkin” only once. 2. The skin-crawling final line / image. I’m such a Shaw fan it’s almost embarrassing! Agree that it would be nice to have a bit more expansion on the theme she’s noticing. Maybe it seemed too obvious to her, given everything that’s happened for women and medicine in the last few years, including #metoo, the backlash, and the repeal of Roe—but if it seems obvious, why not push for complexity and nuance?

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