![]() America has undergone a Downplayed version, with many of the larger states subdividing: California, where the book takes place, is now split into North and South. Balkanise Me: General geopolitical and economic turmoil has led to the breakup of many of the world's larger nations, including the USSR, Brazil and Canada, which in itself split into five countries. ![]() ![]() In one case, she gets in way over her head and only escapes thanks to Rydell. While strong-willed, independent, and intelligent, she spends most of Virtual Light running and hiding from her pursuers. Action Girl: Chevette Washington is really more of a subversion of this trope.Exactly what this does is unclear, but the gun is often described as being somewhat quiet. Abnormal Ammo: Loveless' gun fires "subsonic titanium bullets".20 Minutes into the Future: The trilogy, written in the 1990s, is set in 2006, after a massive earthquake has resulted in the abandonment of the Oakland Bay Bridge, which has since been resettled as a sort of squatters' shantytown.It is the first volume of the Bridge Trilogy. Virtual Light is a 1993 novel by William Gibson. ![]()
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The 2010 introduction outlines the context in which the pamphlet was written, pointing out that in the 1970s, feminist history had yet to become a legitimate academic field. It was republished in 2010 with a new introduction by the authors. ![]() Witches, Midwives, and Nurses, regarded as a seminal text of second wave feminism, established the public profiles of Ehrenreich and English. It argues that medical practice was the preserve of women healers until the Enlightenment era saw a hostile takeover by male professionals whose methods were-at least initially-less successful than those of the women they displaced. Witches, Midwives, and Nurses: A History of Women Healers (1973) is a feminist polemical pamphlet by American writers Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English. ![]() ![]() ![]() Izabela Lebuda: I would like to ask you about your childhood. That is more important than the other kinds of achievements. 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