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The Dawn of the Era of Feminine Excess

The Dawn of the Era of Feminine Excess

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On Jane Austen, Elizabeth Warren, and the Legacy of the Stoic Woman

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What Makes Somebody a Mother? On the New Season of <em>The Handmaid's Tale</em>

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