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Author: Molly Brenan

I’m Molly. I’m a New York transplant who still loves it when people mistake me for someone who can’t drink yet. I was born too late for the zeitgeist of the personal essay industrial complex. I got a Twin Peaks reference on the back of a volume of manga.
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KyoAni Taught Me What It Meant to Become Special

July 25, 2019December 30, 2019 Molly BrenanComments Off on KyoAni Taught Me What It Meant to Become Special

Remembering those lost in the attack at Kyoto Animation through their work.

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