Public Universal Friend
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Jemima Wilkinson - The Public Universal Friend
There's a lot of mystery to Jemima Wilkins' ministry. She's not clear about what the friend is, and I think that's one of the appealing aspects of her ministry. This lack of clarity created confusion around how to refer to the prophet. The puff tried to avoid pronouns altogether, but... It's this whole issue of pronouns. If you use female pronouns consistently, both when Jemima Wilkinons or later when the puff emerges, you're sort of denying this transformation that happens.
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