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" I've been a comics fan since my first hit of those gateway drawings: Judy, Asterix, and the TV cartoon 'Spider-Man and his Amazing Friend' - which naturally led me to Spider-Man comics. "

Naomi Alderman

First

Cartoon

Amazing

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" I hate to be one of those people who forwards links to 'hilarious pictures' or 'brilliant games' to half their contacts database. "

" I honestly can't think of many more truly romantic gestures than a really well-thought-through prenuptial agreement. "

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Think

" We urgently need to address the assumption bound up in our employment laws and custody arrangements that women are the 'natural child carers' and men don't really want much to do with their children. "

" Twitter's strength - and its weakness - is that it makes it extremely easy to share every passing thought with everyone on your friends list. "

" The women's movement gave me a set of tools to think about things like my body and how people react to me and the way that my dating life was going. It's a very practical movement - yes, it's about issues like how we can get more women MPs elected, but it's also about how feminism affects things like your relationship. "

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" I suppose the idea about all Orthodox religion is that it's a kind of submission, obedience. "

" Gaming is our cultural bogeyman - we blame it for everything from child obesity to violence to short attention spans. But any explanation that fits every situation ultimately explains nothing. "

" I really hope that men read 'The Power' and watch 'The Handmaid's Tale' and read 'The Handmaid's Tale.' "

" Personal trainers, however nice, give me PE teacher flashbacks. "

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