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In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:632 Feminist Studies 44, no. 3. © 2018 by Feminist Studies, Inc. Achilles Sees Life Leaving from His Heel Carolina Hotchandani The nurse asked me if I could raise my legs yet. I watched my feet to see if they’d move when I tried. The right one twitched a bit. The little one must have been taken somewhere before then to get a shot or have blood drawn. Later, I would see how they draw blood from a baby. A needle stuck in the heel, of all places. All I know is her cry was not in the room as I tried to find my will in my legs. Sometimes I think she took it away. My baby, my will. As if she drew it out of my bony heel....