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The vibe has shifted; plus, 'Conversations with People Who Hate Me'

It's Been a Minute

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How Have Your Social Media Habits Changed?

The first ever person i spoke to the conversation that inspired me to launch this whole project was a teanager named josh, who had written to me a very homophobic message. In our conversation, hearing his voice was this just soothing balm that overtook me. And he no longer became a stranger on to whom i projected my worst fears of who he could be. He became a person. That's like the first step of these conversations that you don't actually even have to try for. It just happens. I think it's exhausting. But the exhaustion comes from seeing the way people speak to each other in the public square. No matter how many sentences i edit and add to my

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