• BertramDitore@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I think she has more social capital now than ever before. She’s a well-respected activist working on important issues. Her willingness to speak openly and honestly about her experience, as well as her willingness to joke about it, and frankly to be in the public spotlight at all after what the media did to her, is downright inspiring.

    I recommend checking out some interviews she’s done over the last few years. She has a uniquely relatable way of discussing huge societal issues. I’m genuinely impressed any time I hear her talk.

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      1 year ago

      tbf, I do my best to avoid consuming too much domestic US stuff. It’s a sanity thing. I’ll see her more when she shows up in international outlets.

      edit: Or here.

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        1 year ago

        Totally fair. The smoldering dumpster fire is very hard to watch. Actually I’ve walked past many an actual dumpster fire, and they’re much easier to stomach than the current state of things in the US.