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I feel like i am in a zoo. I am terrified to be here and I have done a poor job of communicating how frightened I am. I am fucking terrified of the world en masse and even more frightened of the way people tire of it so fast. I

Musings from my porch in Chicago that ask: am I good at hosting happiness? Am I the right shape to hold onto the life that I want? What noise do I make when I get knocked around?

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a conversation about survival, archival, and the intimacy found and lost when you grow up in the public eye.