Johanna Bulaong

In Tehanu (pg. 61), Moss describes as man’s power as a hard nut in a shell. It is powerful and mighty indeed, but only limited to the man himself. Moss describes a woman’s power as ancient, dark, from the origins of Time itself. A woman’s power is boundless, unlimited, and all-encompassing. “Older than the moon, deeper than the roots of trees”.

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Ursula le Guin Afterword in Tehanu pg 274

“Maybe the change coming into Earthsea has something to do with no longer identifying freedom with power, with separating free from being in control. There is a kind of refusal to serve power that isn’t a revolt or rebellion, but a revolution in the sense of reversing meanings, of changing how things are

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