And I did in fact lose her to a kind of death—one where she withdrew from the social, a death in which society rendered her worthless and disposable. It was a stereotype that erased her personhood, and especially her motherhood. Because
  
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      “And while there were exceptions, the richer and more powerful people grew, the more compromised they became—wrapping themselves in expensive cashmere batting until the genuine person fell deep inside a cocoon of comfort and privilege where no unpleasantness intruded.”
    
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      “It was a weird boy wonderland, not unlike Pinocchio’s Pleasure Island, except no one minded the transformation from human into donkey. Instead, they relished it.”
    
― Burn Book: A Tech Love Story
  ― Burn Book: A Tech Love Story
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