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Hi Eliza, I cannot get into Twitter as I'm permanently banned for questioning the Magisterium and their methods and untested experiments (vaccines).

So I don't know what Philip Pullman has said.

I read the originals and have read the latest prequel just recently, which is also brilliant. I found the TV series of the originals where Lyra's friend is separated from his daemon (soul) incredibly moving. Yes, Pullmans' portrayal of power and its dehumanising and homogenising agenda is spot on.

Jo

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Brilliant!

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Whoa. Chilling. Is Phillip Pullman a founding member of the eunuch archive? Only half joking.

https://youtu.be/mS8ZfFZ-Bc0

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Hi,

I've been thinking about other aspects of the craze to turn boys into women.

What must it be like to be a surgeon and cut off healthy cock and balls. Apparently young boys were made into castrati by having their testicles smashed between two bricks. Anaesthetics and sharp knives must, literally, soften the blow.

The society being created will have less breeding pairs, and less physical strength to fight back, chop logs, scythe wheat or fashion tools, for when food and fuel prices are too high.

Jo

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