BrutalitiesQuarantined in a southwestern desert city in the midst of her high risk pregnancy, Margo Steines felt her life narrow around her growing body, compelling her to reckon with the violence entangled in its history. She was a professional dominatrix in New York City, a homestead farmer in a brutal relationship, a welder on a high rise building crew, and a mixed martial arts enthusiast. Each of her many lives brought a new perspective on how power and