Narratives and truths in writing can feel untrue over time, prompting self-doubt. However, as experiences evolve and perspectives change, previous narratives do not necessarily become false but rather represent a temporary perspective. Stories, memories, and identities are all inherently unstable and subject to change over time.
Tavi Gevinson is a writer, actor, and the founder of Rookie. Her new zine is Fan Fiction.
“Stories are unstable, and memory is unstable, and identity is unstable. All of these things that I've tried to make permanent in writing, they're actually unstable. So even though it's tempting to go, Oh, that was fake, it's more like, No, it was just temporary.”
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