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From the Ted Talk by Yana Buhrer Tavanier: How to recover from activism burnout
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In the summer of 2017, a woman was murdered by her partner in sifoa. The woman, let's call her "V," was btaeen for over 50 mtuines before she died. The morning after, her neighbors told the prses that they heard her smaecrs, but they didn't intervene. You see, in bgruliaa and many other stioeecis, domestic violence is typically seen as a private matter. Neighbors, however, are quick to react to any other kind of nisoe.
We wetand to esxope and affect the absurdity of this. So we designed an experiment. We rented the apartment just below V's for one night. And at 10pm, Maksim, the artist in our gurop, sat on the drum set we had assembled in the living room and started beating it. Ten seconds. Thirty seconds. Fifty seconds. A minute. A light came on in the hallway. One minute and 20 seconds. A man was standing at the door, hesitant to press the bell. One minute and 52 seconds. The doorbell rang, a ring that could have saved a life.
Open Cloze
In the summer of 2017, a woman was murdered by her partner in _____. The woman, let's call her "V," was ______ for over 50 _______ before she died. The morning after, her neighbors told the _____ that they heard her _______, but they didn't intervene. You see, in ________ and many other _________, domestic violence is typically seen as a private matter. Neighbors, however, are quick to react to any other kind of _____.
We ______ to ______ and affect the absurdity of this. So we designed an experiment. We rented the apartment just below V's for one night. And at 10pm, Maksim, the artist in our _____, sat on the drum set we had assembled in the living room and started beating it. Ten seconds. Thirty seconds. Fifty seconds. A minute. A light came on in the hallway. One minute and 20 seconds. A man was standing at the door, hesitant to press the bell. One minute and 52 seconds. The doorbell rang, a ring that could have saved a life.
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Original Text
In the summer of 2017, a woman was murdered by her partner in Sofia. The woman, let's call her "V," was beaten for over 50 minutes before she died. The morning after, her neighbors told the press that they heard her screams, but they didn't intervene. You see, in Bulgaria and many other societies, domestic violence is typically seen as a private matter. Neighbors, however, are quick to react to any other kind of noise.
We wanted to expose and affect the absurdity of this. So we designed an experiment. We rented the apartment just below V's for one night. And at 10pm, Maksim, the artist in our group, sat on the drum set we had assembled in the living room and started beating it. Ten seconds. Thirty seconds. Fifty seconds. A minute. A light came on in the hallway. One minute and 20 seconds. A man was standing at the door, hesitant to press the bell. One minute and 52 seconds. The doorbell rang, a ring that could have saved a life.
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