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1 " Well, speaking as a feminist, I'm glad that women can lead--uh, groups of unspeakable magical evil." " Yes," Alan said gravely. " It'd be shoking if the evil magicians were sexist. For one thing, that would mean they were stupid, and having stupid enemies would be a terrible blow to my manly pride. "
2 " We suffered a terrible blow on 11 September 2001. We responded with fear and anger. A fight-or-flight response is adaptive in any species. For us, given our power, fight was the only response we could imagine. "
