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Nathalie Martinek PhD's avatar

Another brilliant read Radha that helps describe my own experience of being an outsider in my own community because of where I lived and my parents income, despite going to the same Jewish private school.

You are calling out the gatekeeping tactics and the dictatorship. I love your writing and admire your courage to confront the mean girls in this way. If you're getting shit, it's because the perpetrators feel exposed. I don't know if that was your goal - it's a pretty great unintended outcome.

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Brigid LaSage's avatar

Fascinating! Thank you for this sharp and insightful critique of something I've experienced too and have been struggling to name. Like you, I felt the sting of social status-based rejection and shaming in early adolescence, for me as a white child of divorce. I refer to Kamala as "the sorority girl" because of my irritation with the elitism of progressive women who dominate my field of education. So much to think about here, and so helpful to know kindred spirits are out there!

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