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It is seldom wise to tell all - Catherine Shannon

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Notes on disclosure, discretion, and the intimacy of language

The Department of Homeland Security commands it: If You See Something, Say Something. You are expected to “tell your story,” “bring your whole self to work,” “share your superpower”1 to kick off the kickoff meeting. The mindless chatter is incessant. The Podcast Industrial Complex churns on. The volume of writing is enormous in quantity, dithyrambic in tone. Left, right, and center, the discourse is unrestrained and hysterical. Many a New York City resident should be involuntarily committed to The Internet Hospital with a feverish case of the hot takes. In a world that demands nothing less…

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