I like how we've had to use up two weeks patiently and methodically explaining why "we should hang women who have abortions" is a stupid & cruel thing to say. This is time well spent.
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The whole argument of Kevin Williams, former fetus and hypothetical abortion survivor calls to mind Nabokov's comment about "bitter little embryos" in "Speak, Memory"pic.twitter.com/iFLy8KuxLe
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Not surprisingly, Jack Kirby anticipated the whole Kevin Williamson thing, with one of his most bizarre villains: Paranex, the Fighting Fetus.pic.twitter.com/JiD7trvbZv
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The claim about Williams as abortion survivor seems to be saying: if Williamson's mom had aborted him, he (who wouldn't exist) would be fully justified in thinking she should hang. It's only self-defense!
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Anyways, if I were really on my A game, I would've roped in other sentient embryos in literature and culture (Tristram Shandy, Dune, Freud).
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1. I have a few thoughts on Kevin Williams, Vladimir Nabokov, Dune, Freud, Jack Kirby, Tristram Shandy, Dianetics & sentient embryos. Scroll above to read.
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Speaking as a former baby,
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It also STILL intentionally makes this about the effect of abortion on things that aren’t the woman who should have 100% autonomy over their bodies!
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As a baby born after Roe v Wade perhaps I dodged the bullet even more so than Williamson. My feelings should be even stronger than his are!
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It’s true of anything. “Speaking as someone who was conceived because my parents didn’t want to watch a rerun of The Simpsons, anyone who makes a new episode of The Simpsons should be hanged.”
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I'd be really interested to know your position on the south Asian tradition of Sati.
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