"She describes it as 'peace privilege,' approaching the world from a stability that allows for simplifications. There’s always a lot of denial going on when trauma interrupts our safe outlook on life. We know that people in general don’t want to see horror except in comfortable contexts (like fiction) so seeing human beings systematically torturing, … Continue reading Peace Privilege
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A Season Underground Eating the Pomegranate Seeds
"To be a 'high functioning' anything, let’s say, is just to know that you can work liberal subjectivity OK today but maybe not next week. A strictly finite talent for the long, merciless art of living in a house, speaking a language, and exchanging money, labor, goods, and services in that occult proportion that keeps … Continue reading A Season Underground Eating the Pomegranate Seeds
