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"A camera is a thing easily broken or purloined; its fragility makes it fastidious. A camera requires law, order, the thin blue line. Seeking to preserve itself, it remains behind the shielding wall, observing the shadowlands from afar, and of course from above: that is, it chooses sides."
- Salman Rushdie, 'The Satanic Verses'
"Maybe it isn't really about who can own whom, who can do what to whom and get away with it, even as far as death. Maybe it isn't about who can sit and who has to kneel or stand or lie down, legs spread open. Maybe it's about who can do what to whom and be forgiven for it. Never tell me it amounts to the same thing."
- Margaret Atwood, 'The Handmaid's Tale'
A/N: since 2/15/2026 i have begun edits to erase indentations after a repeated recommendation, as well as tighten up some sections. but i also hate editing so i am working slow; don't be surprised if and when you reach a chapter still indented. i will get to it eventually <3