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Even more than we want good love for ourselves, we want it for our children, those vulnerable satellites of our hearts that we send, unsteady, into the world.

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Mona Simpson

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As a feminist of Egyptian and Muslim descent, my life’s work has been informed by the belief that religion and culture must never be used to justify the subjugation of women.

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Even as a feminist, my whole life I’d been waiting for a man to love who could love me. For decades, I’d thought that man would be my father. When I was 25, I met that man, and he was my brother.

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May 15, 2024

Even as a feminist, my whole life I’d been waiting for a man to love who could love me. For decades, I’d thought that man would be my father. When I was 25, I met that man, and he was my brother.

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May 15, 2024

As a feminist of Egyptian and Muslim descent, my life’s work has been informed by the belief that religion and culture must never be used to justify the subjugation of women.

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