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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated Cut: One Woman's Fight Against FGM in Britain Today in Books

Oct 10, 2017  
Cut: One Woman's Fight Against FGM in Britain Today
Cut: One Woman's Fight Against FGM in Britain Today
Hibo Wardere | 2017 | Biography
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The need for globalwide FGM education
Female Genital Mutilation is an important and sombre topic to explore, so hats off to Hibo Wardere for covering this by speaking about her own experiences. It is harrowing when she explains her situation as a six year old in Somalia, watching bits of her flesh being cut off while almost passing out in between her screams. It is mutilation in every sense of the word.

Hence her story of becoming an anti-FGM activist in Britain years later is incredible, turning a life-changing trauma into an instigator for good for other young girls. I completely agree with her viewpoint, but she may have to revisit her sources given recent news stories. An essential read.
  
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Amanda Palmer recommended Steppenwolf in Books (curated)

 
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf
Hermann Hesse, David Horrocks | 2012 | Fiction & Poetry
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"When I was 15, I was in love. At 17, I told him I’d probably sleep with another man if given the chance. He left me in that moment, on the town green, after two years of non-stop passion. He moved to Prague. Seven weeks later, a blank brown packaged arrived with a book in it. No dedication. Another life-changer. Now that I’m married to a fantasy author, I’m not sure why this book isn’t filed in fantasy. I was tricked; I don’t read fantasy. But this book has a fantastical realism that pierces to the bottom of the psyche. I’ve re-read and re-read this sucker every five years since then, and I always read a different book"

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