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notapatsyMarch 30, 2025

I used to teach a unit on female genital mutilation. My students always had a difficult time accepting that mothers and the women wielding the razor blades could be involved in the practice.

dog_in_a_dressMarch 30, 2025

I feel this way learning more about the history of Chinese foot binding too. Mothers doing it, often terrified for their daughters' future.