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“I want my life to be a battle cry, a war zone, an arrow pointed and loosed into the heart of domination: patriarchy, imperialism, industrialization, every system of power and sadism.”

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Lierre Keith
Lierre Keith

Lierre Keith is a writer born in 1964. Her works often explore themes such as ecology, social justice, and feminism. more

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