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Renée A. Ashley

The Generosity of Souls

From Volume 13.3-4 (1991)

To Dance or Not to Dance? A Mother’s Question

What hubris, to think I can avoid signing my white daughter up for society’s lessons on how women should view their bodies. Eva’s cage already has more space between the bars than some. I can keep her out of dance studios, maybe, but I cannot keep her from middle-school locker rooms, or Snapchat. The trap is sprung.

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