The notion of a universality of human experience is a confidence trick…

Angela Carter
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The notion of a universality of human experience is a confidence trick and the notion of a universality of female experience is a clever confidence trick. ✨ Angela Carter (2015). The Sadeian Woman: An Exercise in Cultural History, p.10, Hachette UK
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The notion of a universality of human experience is a confidence trick and the notion of a universality of female experience is a clever confidence trick. ✨ Angela Carter (2015). The Sadeian Woman: An Exercise in Cultural History, p.10, Hachette UK

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