what’s fieldwork called when it’s for a novel? Me: group therapy? River: LOL River: so, the trip’s been . . . a lot?? Me: i’m not entirely certain i know what i’m doing anymore, but i believe there’s a story here, about how people are made to participate in the production of their own misery. Me: i guess that’s the definition of hegemony, isn’t it? Lmao River: yes, i do believe it is haha River: but just because an experience has definitional clarity doesn’t mean it’s thoroughly understood or represented. what it feels like to exist under that kind of pressure is so circumstantial. it is our
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