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" What is satire if not a marriage of civil disobedience to a laugh track, a potent brew of derision and lack of respect that acts as a nettle sting on the thin skin of the humourless? "

Mona Eltahawy

Satire

Skin

Respect

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Avoid

End

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Waiting

Open

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Equals

Grew

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Dies

I Am

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Survivor

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