A dystopian, cinematic scene set in a decaying futuristic city at night. A woman sits tensely on a worn sofa, lit by a small orange light, while an authority figure looms nearby. Speech bubbles show her listing authors — “Jane Austen, George Eliot… Simone de Beauvoir… Maya Angelou…” — in response to the question “What are you in for?” A guard reacts with hostility, saying “Cut it out or I’ll put you in isolation!” The image satirically portrays women’s reading and intellectual curiosity as something treated like a crime, blending feminist commentary with retro sci-fi noir aesthetics. Design by Monkey Chéri.

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