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IT’S PUBLISHED!!

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Woohooo! It’s up! It’s accessible! It’s here! My dissertation, as finally published by ProQuest!

“Everyone Gets Lifted Up”: How Matrifocal Families Can Enhance People’s Lives and Reduce Systemic Patriarchal Oppressions

If you want to read it, please enjoy — and (since I know it’s rather long, and heavy going!) if you get through it, please let me know what you think?

Cheers!!

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  1. Thanks so much to you both! I’m so thrilled it’s finally all done, completed, and uploaded — WHEW! :)
    Also, Ms. M, fair warning: the Methodology is probably skippable, while the Lit Review will be of interest mostly if you’re looking for other similar-subject books to read. The Intro, the actual research chapter, and the Conclusion, though, I hope will be fun and/or intriguing! :-D

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