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The Silence is Screaming

The Silence is Screaming

I can’t ignore it anymore

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Crystal Jackson
Jun 15, 2025
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I can’t ignore it anymore

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If I’m honest, I have several negative associations with silence. In early childhood, silence was a punishment — an admonishment to be seen and not heard. On playgrounds, it was a weapon. Friends could become enemies with the power to render you invisible by pretending that they could not hear …

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