Compartmentalizing Tragedy in Research
Breaking down my own intentional ignorance and learning deeply about a horrible thing.
Cultural acquiescence is always negative correct? My younger self surely felt strongly so. Living though more of life and my relationship to acquiescence has changed. Instead of the emotional “laziness” that I used to see it as, I perceive a coping mechanism on overdrive - we see things that horrify us, and in order to mentally survive, we distance ours…