To survivors, none of this has felt surprising.

November 22, 2024

I remember a moment, just after the 2016 election, when I was sitting on a beige couch in the house of one of my mother’s friends during a compulsory holiday gathering. It was a moment prior to the polarization we experience now, such a driving force—not just in our politics, but in our culture, media, and proximate relationships. This was when the nove…