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Poor Things

Thoughts on the controversial movie and growing up ND.

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Cassandra L. Thompson
Apr 15, 2024
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A few weeks ago, I finally got around to watching Poor Things, and people have asked my opinion on the movie. It’s taken me this long to finally put my words together because I’m not interested in any social media discourse. What I’m interested in is explaining how much I can fucking relate to Bella Baxter. 

Let me start at the beginning. 

I grew up a ver…

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