The person’s mouth was pale brown, with a rose-coloured sore at either corner.”(146) This statement is a very powerful one. It is important to note that Esther uses the word “their” instead of “my”, which reflects her extreme sense of alienation from herself. A very fundamental binary has been called into question here- Esther doesn’t even recognize whether her reflection is that of a man or a woman. Where else do we get a better sense of alienation than in a mirror
Moral Musings with Dr Melanie Baker By Emily Wu A uckland based doctor Melanie Baker explains how medical ethics, despite not frequently involving dramatic life or death decisions, is a day to day challenge facing general medical practitioners in New Zealand. Alongside questions of “is it an allergy or eczema?” GPs face a constant stream of dilemmas that necessarily require moral judgements. Dr Baker and her husband (who is also a GP) co-own a GP clinic in central Auckland, New Zealand’s largest