themes

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The book established many of the themes that continue through Rowbottom’s fiction: women at odds with their bodies, mothers and daughters struggling toward one another, beauty as both aspiration and burden.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Thompson said the first novel she was inspired by was Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Mr Todd, despite its dark themes.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Alongside the main declaration, the discussions also produced four annexes, reflecting the four core themes agreed by the member countries.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Leo XIV, 135 years later, revisited similar themes in his own encyclical this week.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Autumn’s fashion sense tends to manifest in time-period themes, like seventies disco or nineties hip-hop.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer