Tegan
Tegan asked S.J. Kincaid:

What was an early experience where you learned that language had power?

S.J. Kincaid Hmm. Interesting question!

I was a very oversensitive child when I was younger-- and I even was as a baby. Before I could talk, if someone frowned at me, or if someone just said 'No' to me (just 'no' by itself, with no context or negativity attached!), apparently I would start crying. It

That's definitely not me nowadays, but I suppose you could say I was pretty acutely sensitive to language before my conscious memory of thinking about it.

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