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had to sit down and coach myself out of a writerly "freak out" when i found my book on a list w @zzpacker + #sandracisneros -- so many feels; a lot of gratitude.
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Chaya Bhuvaneswar
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Writer. Doctor. @nytimes. WHITE DANCING ELEPHANTS. PEN/ Bingham Finalist.
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We belong. The repugnant, bigoted fantasies of those who wished for us not to exist came to NOTHING.
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Reduce it down: The 'outrage' about a Black woman being cast as Helen of Troy is just white supremacists being petulant about a woman of color having WHAT THEY DON'T WANT US TO HAVE. I.e. anything really great. Period. They don't want that for us.
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www.nytimes.com Opinion | Does Matt Damon Look Greek? No. So Stop Complaining About Lupita Nyong’o. Helen of Troy was a legendary beauty, but also so much more.