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'Literally what isn't a drag right now? Trump is president of the US; refugees are being held captive in trauma-inducing prisons off-shore; the Great Barrier Reef is dying; and Neo-Nazis are making a comeback nobody wanted. Just to name a few of the issues I feel upset about within the first ten minutes of my morning. Before I've even properly woken up, I open my digital, blue-screen newspaper (Facebook and Twitter) to absorb the horrors of the day. Almost everyone else is doing this too, from the looks of my Feed. I started doing it in hopes that the exposure to blue light would help wake my serotonin-deficient brain up, but I'm pretty sure it's just making me more depressed. I'm not sure if I'd admire or be extremely cautious of anyone who didn't feel as though their soul was being dragged across hot coals in this political climate.' (Introduction)

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    y separately published work icon Voiceworks no. 112 Winter 2018 16828167 2018 periodical issue 2018 pg. 6-7
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