telling the cultural story and tracing its roots dissipates personal shame
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Knowing it’s not just you means you know you’re not uniquely personal defective and that the thing you’re struggling with is indeed A Thing

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a COLLECTIVE thing
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now you (and we!) can do something about it
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and in that space blooms our personal and culture-making power

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and thank you.