‘Mine,’ she says, and ‘I.’ She repeats me, mine, I until, finally, she catches a glimpse of her body that seems unfiltered.” In her experiences with men, she recognizes how the male gaze can be predatory and possessive, and she resists this objectification and appropriation. After 10 years of estrangement, Anabel meets the 28-year-old Owusu
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