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When personal loss gets swallowed by public narrative

My friend died in the mass shooting and everyone keeps talking about the shooter but no one remembers her name

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Individual grief can be erased when tragedy becomes spectacle and victims become symbols.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Collective grief — mourning public figures and tragedies?”

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