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This reminds me of a recent read on AIDs activism centered on the work of Michael Lynch: He notes the gay community's intense aversion to condoms, them prioritizing their fleeting sexual pleasure over protecting themselves and others. There is some sense of validation I get knowing that what we see as the mass response to COVID and community safety was also phenomena at that time, but in another way it feels damning and a little desolate to know that even the queer community can lose so much and then turn and repeat the same harm amongst ourselves. On a more positive note I went to school with Aishvarya and it feels special to see people I know even distantly out there in the world creating.

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