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i'm so glad this post popped up on my feed - i've been thinking about this a lot lately, and your writing is so sharp and clarifying. thank you <3

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thank you! 🩷

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such a lovely read. thanks for linking this in your recent post <3

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thank you!

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oh helena how has it taken me this long to find your substack? your writing voice has the warm & wry cadence of a jane austen narrator. thank you for posting, i look forward to reading the rest of your work! <3

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thank you that's so kind! this is possibly the best comment you could have given me, given my emma fixation xx

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that anne carson poem is the most terrifyingly familiar thing which has happened since 1995.

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isn't it wonderful? that 'blurred friends in greatcoats' line really gets me

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right! the perfect inversion of the main character vs npc dichotomy. maybe becoming a legit npc should be everyone's new lifelong goal.

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