Reading is not just an escape. It is access to a better way of life.
Reading develops cognitive skills. It trains our minds to think critically and to question what you are told. This is why dictators censor or ban books. It's why it was illegal to teach slaves to read. It's why girls in developing countries have acid thrown in their faces when they walk to school.
I grew up reading crime fiction and, especially in the '80s, women were just there to be saved or screwed.
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