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Apparently, the stomach can be more than just the place where you stuff cheese puffs and guacamole.

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Thank you We sneak Symbols the human body i'll ashman

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think women's writing is deeply concerned with the body maybe

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one central way that that comes across is people talking

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about the stomach So we've got queen elizabeth saying that

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she has both the heart and stomach of a man

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that idea that she can take in anything that comes

00:28

her way but also that she hasn't a appetite for

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power and christine hippies on brings it up in a

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different way Justin that she's concerned with food and how

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men often don't appreciate the fact that women are the

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ones putting food on their table Yeah so one of

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the things she's so bring in women isn't just their

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intellectual capability which is under represented but also pointing out

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what they already do that we should just pay more

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attention to write like men To the extent that you

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have a stomach you should be valuing the women in

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your life and then have mary rawlinson who is making

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a conscious effort to feed her children while they're hungry

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walking one hundred fifty miles so over and over again

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you have women who realize how material leads are affecting

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how material needs air Incredibly important And they're very aware

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of their own connection to just physical existence just to

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life itself And they're always aware that it could go

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away at any moment Yeah How do elizabeth the first

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christine to present and mary roland's and view the human

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body What statements do they make through food Mary don't 00:01:36.71 --> [endTime] forget us We want corn too

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