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I thought I was being goofy with “critical bourdain studies” but the way people continue to talk about Chang... about all of them, how many people I follow apparently follow Batali!

Your insight is so necessary as someone who was there before and now. I feel like I’m going nuts!!!

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Thank you for this. It's wonderful.

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As always, yes, yes, and yes. And what it says about how I am stuck, because I CAN SO EASILY SEE HOW IT COULD BE, HOW IT SHOULD BE, it is just on the other side of that door I feel like I am living in the parallel universe. Why anyone thinks that yellling and belittling will actually UP someone's game? rather than completely flood them with emotions/shame/anger and lesser abilities? it is bizarre. Toxic is an understatement.

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yes! all of this - every word

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