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When social groups develop performative dynamics that defeat their original purpose

Our book club started as a way for us moms to connect but it's become this weird performance where everyone pretends to have read everything and has these profound insights and none of us will admit we're mostly just exhausted and want someone to talk to.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Communities formed around genuine need can paradoxically become spaces where that same need must be hidden.

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