okay, so i guess the post below doesn't give the whole story - this whole story at least. i've been trying to figure out how to best dedicate my efforts to improving something, anything, and i had a conversation today that gives me hope for the work i have the potential to do in the academic sphere.

literature gives people the ability to envision a better world. studying literature... how to articulate... studying literature gives us a glimpse into what is happening that is bad now, but also how this world can move toward a better one.

man. things are glum. bleary. things are bad. something about this war is isolating.

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