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People get angry about being challenged by those who were supposed to "just let them" because to them it means that they don't have the social power they think they are supposed to have. It makes them feel like a loser.

Tweets From Robyn Pennacchia

@RobynElyse on Twitter

If you've ever felt this way about your writing, you're not alone. The truth is that there's always a gap between the story as you imagined it—compelling, insightful, rich with subtle nuance—and what actually ends up in the manuscript.

Elements of Fiction Writing - Beginnings, Middles & Ends

Nancy Kress

Until Americans replace mythology with history, until Americans unveil and halt the progression of racism, an arc of the American universe will keep bending toward injustice.

The 1619 Project

Nikole Hannah-Jones and The New York Times Magazine

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