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Alex Rollins Berg's avatar

Thank you for sharing, Charlotte. In a moment when so few dare to speak about this urgent topic, your clarity and intelligence is a gift.

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Charlotte Simmons's avatar

Thank you, Alex; really, truly appreciate that. It's been an honour to commit to this reality.

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Staci White's avatar

Charlotte, this was an incredible one. I’m glad to live in a world with your writing (and you) in it♥️

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Charlotte Simmons's avatar

All the love, Staci; thank you ❤️

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Amanda Sweikow's avatar

Wow this is such a powerful piece of writing. You better be able to make a living out of it so you can keep going. The world and cinema needs thinkers and writers like you.

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Charlotte Simmons's avatar

Thank you, Amanda; means a helluva lot! Like I said, I won't accept a reality where I'm not doing this, haha.

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David Perlmutter's avatar

I have been meaning to read some of the work of Emile Durkheim, who essentially defined the concept of suicide as we now know it. I'm sure he would know what to make of this movie...

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Charlotte Simmons's avatar

I read quite a bit of his stuff when I was in college, though we mostly kept the focus on his theory of collective consciousness (which, of course, is much more than a theory). I should dig through my textbook boxes...

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