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On Trauma-ism

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Canada’s Unmarked-Graves Social Panic (2021–26): A Primer for Foreign Scholars

In a recent speech to American academics, a Quillette editor explained how Canadians convinced themselves that 215 child corpses had been discovered in an old apple orchard.

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Catherine Liu (a Chinese-looking woman in her 60s) speaking with both hands raised while seated. She weaclear-framed glasses, and short fringe.

On Trauma-ism

Catherine Liu’s new book makes some valuable points, but it fundamentally misunderstands the trauma culture it critiques.

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Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman pose at the London premiere of Practical Magic 2.

Spells that Sell

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I, Victim

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