At this party full of influencers whose influence didn’t seem tied to any sort of commodity, but rather vague concepts like ‘positivity’ and industry bosses who double kissed and swore you were friends because they double tapped my photo, I saw that the confidence fitted – not because I fitted in, but because I knew who I was and knew that this wasn’t real. It was a virtual reality, and I would have to play this game to get paid, to get deals, build my position in this industry, because I had a career to grow and an identity to forge and more me to discover and one thing I knew is that none of
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