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SUMMARY:Bloodchild\, Octavia Butler (1-session course\, July 22)
DESCRIPTION:Join us on July 22 from 7pm-8:30pm EST for this one-session dis
 cussion of Octavia Butler’s short story “Bloodchild”. The story is s
 et on an alien planet where human beings are used as hosts for the eggs of
  an alien species called the Tlic. In the story\, the protagonist Gan must
  decide whether or not to risk the potential pain that could come with bei
 ng impregnated by T’gatoi\, a Tlic with whom he shares a deep connection
 . Butler referred to “Bloodchild” as her “male pregnancy story”\; 
 in our session we will discuss bodily autonomy\, gender roles\, and what i
 t means to love and sacrifice for love.
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