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You guys know about vampires? _ You know, vampires have no reflections in a mirror? There__ this idea that monsters don__ have reflections in a mirror. And what I__e always thought isn__ that monsters don__ have reflections in a mirror. It__ that if you want to make a human being into a monster, deny them, at the cultural level, any reflection of themselves. And growing up, I felt like a monster in some ways. I didn__ see myself reflected at all. I was like, __o, is something wrong with me? That the whole society seems to think that people like me don__ exist?" And part of what inspired me, was this deep desire that before I died, I would make a couple of mirrors. That I would make some mirrors so that kids like me might see themselves reflected back and might not feel so monstrous for it.
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You guys know about vampires? _ You know, vampires have no reflections in a mirror? There__ this idea that monsters don__ have reflections in a mirror. And what I__e always thought isn__ that monsters don__ have reflections in a mirror. It__ that if you want to make a human being into a monster, deny them, at the cultural level, any reflection of themselves. And growing up, I felt like a monster in some ways. I didn__ see myself reflected at all. I was like, __o, is something wrong with me? That the whole society seems to think that people like me don__ exist?" And part of what inspired me, was this deep desire that before I died, I would make a couple of mirrors. That I would make some mirrors so that kids like me might see themselves reflected back and might not feel so monstrous for it.

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