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The Petrol Girls
In 1871, the whole of Paris burnt to the ground. And one woman took responsibility for everything and said she did it. Her name was Louise Michelle. She was an anarchist. She was a school teacher. She used to dress in men's clothing. She wrote one of the first science fiction novels. So basically, my story is about this event. It's currently a series, a TV series. I found it very fascinating. This whole concept that for 10 weeks, the city of Paris decided that it was going to govern itself. There was a power vacuum. The people of Paris basically said that they wanted a chance to do democracy well. They brought in these incredible things that we
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