In Popular Culture
- The Star Wars novel Shadows of the Empire describes a 'myostim' chair that artificially stimulates muscles to build muscle mass and strength.
- The science fiction movie The Matrix contains a scene in which Neo's muscles are activated aboard a levitating ship, the Nebuchadnezzar, by means of acupuncture needles and EMS after a lifetime of being 'cocooned'.
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—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“The first time many women hold their tiny babies, they are apt to feel as clumsy and incompetent as any man. The difference is that our culture tells them they’re not supposed to feel that way. Our culture assumes that they will quickly learn how to be a mother, and that assumption rubs off on most women—so they learn.”
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