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Only Girls Bleed: Elaine Lawless
“Only Girls Bleed: The Human Cost of Post-Roe America" - Dr. Elaine Lawless
Overview
Ethnographer and folklorist Dr. Elaine Lawless talks about her debut novel Only Girls Bleed, a gripping story inspired by real accounts of women navigating pregnancy, trauma, and the fractured abortion laws across the United States. Elaine explains why she turned to fiction after decades of academic work, how her field research shaped the book, and what she hopes readers, both men and women, take from it.
Key Themes
Post–Roe v. Wade America: Elaine breaks down how the 2022 Supreme Court decision reshaped…
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