signal versus self

signal versus self

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About, but cursed
The sickness behind modern creativity (it's not just influencers)
Confessions of a former Dream seller and story manipulator.
Aug 26 • 
Stephanie K. Lee
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June 2025

Who are you when nothing is demanded of you?
An existential dive into a day of "productivity withdrawal" AKA what happened when I stopped trying to be useful
Jun 8 • 
Stephanie K. Lee
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May 2025

The sunshine-and-rainbows lie of reinventing yourself
A modern “survival” guide to the inglorious death of who you thought you were.
May 14 • 
Stephanie K. Lee
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April 2025

It took 10 years to make this
The story I hid from the world. And what it took to reveal it.
Apr 22 • 
Stephanie K. Lee
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When success starts to erase you
This is what happens when your old identity becomes the thing you must escape.
Apr 20 • 
Stephanie K. Lee
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