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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-05T21:39:05.000Z",
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  "textContent": "The Cruelest Arithmetic\n\n* * *\n\nThe world is not our only oppressor.\n\nWatch what happens when oppression does its work long enough, effectively enough: you begin doing it to yourself. Not because you're weak, but because you've learned the lesson too well. You absorb the cisheteronormative logic so",
  "title": "The Price Is Us"
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