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Platonic by Marisa Franco
Loneliness is an epidemic, in part due to a culture that prioritizes romance at the expense of all other relationships. …
Making knots into rainbows.
Ideas: alternative education, neurodiversity, non-violence, cultural studies, collaborative parenting, HAES, anti-racism, permaculture. Interests: memoir, BIPOC fiction, Palestine, California, Ireland, DCP stories, nature writing, creative geography, cookbooks, graphic novels, picture books, poetry, guidebooks. About: White cis woman. Unschooling parent. PhD in English/Feminist Theory, specializing in 19th-20th century California domestic fiction. Volunteer support group moderator. Healing CPTSD. Bagel maker and haphazard gardener.
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From the acknowledgements:
"I wish my words would turn into clouds that could protect you and all our neighbors and friends from the bombs.
To the souls who remain stuck under the rubble of their houses for weeks or blocked by clouds of smoke from continuing the journey.
To Gaza, I will continue to search for my books under your rubble, for my shadows in your bombed streets and fields of corn and strawberry, and for humanity in your razed graveyards." (80)
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