"When those who have the power to name and to socially construct reality choose not to see you or hear you ... when someone with the authority of a teacher, say, describes the world and you are not in it, there is a moment of psychic disequilibrium, as if you looked in the mirror and saw nothing. It takes some strength of soul -- and not just individual strength, but collective understanding -- to resist this void, this non-being, into which you are thrust, and to stand up, demanding to be seen and heard."
-- Adrienne Rich
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