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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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- 00:00
Thank you We sneak Symbols the human body i'll ashman
- 00:10
think women's writing is deeply concerned with the body maybe
- 00:15
one central way that that comes across is people talking
- 00:17
about the stomach So we've got queen elizabeth saying that
- 00:21
she has both the heart and stomach of a man
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- 00:24
that idea that she can take in anything that comes
- 00:28
her way but also that she hasn't a appetite for
- 00:31
power and christine hippies on brings it up in a
- 00:33
different way Justin that she's concerned with food and how
- 00:36
men often don't appreciate the fact that women are the
- 00:39
ones putting food on their table Yeah so one of
- 00:41
the things she's so bring in women isn't just their
- 00:43
intellectual capability which is under represented but also pointing out
- 00:46
what they already do that we should just pay more
- 00:48
attention to write like men To the extent that you
- 00:51
have a stomach you should be valuing the women in
- 00:54
your life and then have mary rawlinson who is making
- 00:57
a conscious effort to feed her children while they're hungry
- 01:01
walking one hundred fifty miles so over and over again
- 01:05
you have women who realize how material leads are affecting
- 01:10
how material needs air Incredibly important And they're very aware
- 01:13
of their own connection to just physical existence just to
- 01:17
life itself And they're always aware that it could go
- 01:20
away at any moment Yeah How do elizabeth the first
- 01:25
christine to present and mary roland's and view the human
- 01:28
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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