June 18, 2025
Sensitivity to contradiction and spiritual conviction were foundational elements of Brian Wilson’s work.
Charlotte Shane
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Three Times
The pregnancy was the crisis, not the abortion
One was OK: a mistake. But two was a pattern. I knew at an early age that I never wanted to have kids but I didn’t think I was the type of girl who would have an abortion, certainly not more than one. Not because of adherence to a religious or natalist ideology but because I was too educated, too responsible—which is an ideology, too.
