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The Best Thing About Modern Living Is Anaesthesia.

All Of [motherhood] Surprised Me. It Surprised Me From The Very First Second I Saw Jack. I'd Believed That My Pregnancy Was A Condition. It Never Computed. And There He Was. Everyone Made Fun Of Me Because I Stared At Him For Months And Months, Not Being Able To Believe He Was Real.

There Are Assumptions Made About The Way You Look. I'm Always Surprised When People Don't Think I'm Smart.

Even In The First World, Expectations Are Not As High For Women As They Are For Men. We Get That Message Subtly, But In The Third World, It Isn't Subtle. Girls Are Isolated And Encouraged Not To Talk To One Another.

People Are Always Telling Me That Change Is Good. But All That Means Is That Something You Didn't Want To Happen Has Happened.