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Author(s) -
Samantha Trayhurn
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
etropic
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.184
H-Index - 3
ISSN - 1448-2940
DOI - 10.25120/etropic.16.2.2017.3611
Subject(s) - nothing , shut down , wedge (geometry) , spine (molecular biology) , anatomy , geology , biology , computer science , physics , philosophy , bioinformatics , optics , epistemology , operating system
A short story of rape: "I push but there’s no push in me — my heavy limbs fall onto the sand. Conches wedge into my spine like new vertebrae. ‘Calcify,’ the crabs whisper. ‘Become crustacean! Scurry into the ocean.’ Or, ‘Sew legs shut with the discarded nets. Become a mermaid with nothing downthere!’"