We don't even have the power to build a bubble, right? That's the ultimate story of being who we are and writing about ourselves. We don't even have the authority to create that bubble. (Tressie McMillan Cottom)

We don't even have the power to build a bubble, right? That's the ultimate story of being who we are and writing about ourselves. We don't even have the authority to create that bubble.

Tressie McMillan Cottom

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