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Ted Miller's avatar

Thank you Garrett. I've been wanting to write about wokeness, and you've helped provide some excellent history and perspective. And more than anything, I appreciate your closing statement: "Hatred is nearly impossible to transform. Fear isn’t, though. Fear is an ellipsis. Fear is an invitation. Fear is a desire to be heard. And hearing that fear, in turn, is a first step towards transforming it into empathy."

Beautifully said.

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lee's avatar

The tributes to Jen Angel have been really beautiful. I didn't know her, but we're pretty likely only a degree or two apart socially (zine world is small). It's awful to see her death and her values weaponized in culture war bullshit, but I hope it also causes at least a couple people to think about care and abolition and how to be a brighter light in the world.

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