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" In war the people trying to kill you are usually on the other side. In femicide, their husbands, boyfriends, friends, friends of friends, guys on the street, guys at work, guys at the party, or in the dorm and the week I write this, the guy who called a Lyft and stabbed the pregnant driver to death, and the guy who went into a bank and shot five women, and the guy who shot the young woman who took him in when his parents kicked him out, to name a few examples of the carnage that made it into the news. "

Rebecca Solnit , Recollections of My Nonexistence: A Memoir


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Rebecca Solnit quote : In war the people trying to kill you are usually on the other side. In femicide, their husbands, boyfriends, friends, friends of friends, guys on the street, guys at work, guys at the party, or in the dorm and the week I write this, the guy who called a Lyft and stabbed the pregnant driver to death, and the guy who went into a bank and shot five women, and the guy who shot the young woman who took him in when his parents kicked him out, to name a few examples of the carnage that made it into the news.