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Having been raised in Bulgaria, Bea Petrova (she/her) moved to Scotland at the age of six, which spurred on her interest in the notion of identity, as well as the question of what constitutes a home. Her primary interests span a multitude of areas including philosophy, art, literature, film, politics, and classics.

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