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137. Celeste Ng: Why You Feel Stuck

We Can Do Hard Things

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Is Anger Dangerous When You Have Power?

Elena is angry about a lot of things that are completely valid. But if she directs it towards those systems, there's that sense of almost futility. She doesn't stop to go, do I know what somebody else's life is like? Do I know what's actually best for them? And that's part of what I think gets her into into trouble. So when I talk about white women, I'm talking about myself. Like Elena has this mask and you're waiting for her to explode. It feels like it's this bind of white womanhood.

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