Atlante A Feminist Analysis

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It begins with me: a female. Occasionally a feminist, but always a female. If you’ve gotten past the word feminist and to this point, I congratulate you, and I enjoin you to continue on. I’ve never been one of those people that wants to leave their metaphorical dint on this world. I’m not the type that enflames the very ground I walk on with my intensity. I think the world already has enough fire and I’d much rather live vicariously through the ones that spark the flames. I certainly would not be described as Atlantean, for I don’t think that one singular person should have to carry the weight of the world. Everyone deserves their own allocation of it, but no one should hold the entire thing. I consider myself a spiritual person, but then again,

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