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Kate Morgan Reade's avatar

Amen! And then there are all those deadly sin-adjacent items: lust, gluttony, greed, envy, pride and sloth: 6 out of 7 relate to this Original Sin (or "OS," meaning operating system)!

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Susan Stinson's avatar

As a novelist who has published four books centered on the complex, gorgeous lives of fat queers and those who love us, and also a book inspired by Northampton in the the time of 18th century theologian, preacher, and slave-owner Jonathan Edwards, whose most famous sermon is “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” you’ve caught my interest with this post!

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Amanda Martinez Beck's avatar

Thank you so much for commenting! Can you tell me where I can find your books? :)

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Susan Stinson's avatar

Thanks for asking! Small Beer Press published or reprinted:

Martha Moody. https://smallbeerpress.com/books/2020/12/01/martha-moody/. Fat queer speculative western!

Venus of Chalk https://weightlessbooks.com/venus-of-chalk/ (fat midlife crisis/road trip. ebook only.

Spider in a Tree Northampton in the time of Jonathan Edwards https://smallbeerpress.com/books/2013/10/01/spider-in-a-tree/

My Fat Girl Dances with Rocks and Belly Songs: in celebration of fat women are out of print. But my short essay about standing up from the ground while observed, fat, and slow just came out in the Portable Feminist Reader, which made the New York Times bestseller lists! I’m also a new church member after four decades away. Nice to meet you. Here’s my website https://www.susanstinson.net/

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Amanda Martinez Beck's avatar

Nice to meet you! Thank you!

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Linn Thorstensson's avatar

Now it all makes sense 🤪😅

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Fayelle Ewuakye's avatar

🔥🔥🔥

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Jill Lahnstein's avatar

“Garden bodies” Lol!

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Amanda Martinez Beck's avatar

:)))

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