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Without further ado, here’s what made me rage and what kept me soft this week:
Rage:
Reading:
This piece from
on how bad bird flu is getting and how the US (again) has no plan. This essay about two teens in the drug trade, one selling and one buying. Maylia Sotelo became the first juvenile in Wisconsin charged with homicide for providing the fentanyl that led to the death of Jack McDonough. The system failed both of them and their families. Apparently the “ballet body” is now in (😫) and I so appreciated this deconstruction of why that is fucked up and harmful.Keep reading with a 7-day free trial
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