We weren’t close friends, but we performed in a show we wrote together along with five other women, and we were friendly enough to have hung out more than a few times.
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don’t know how she went from the girl I performed with at Kresge Hall, ranting about feminism and consent—typical college-aged defiance and edge
Huh ... ranting about feminism and consent was NOT part of my college experience, nor was it "typical" of my peers. Far from it. But then, I was studying physics not minority grievance studies ...
Leftism is a cult. You are either 100% on-board with the latest thing. or you are expelled from your peer-group. One current thing which has captured Leftism is "solidarity with Palestine".