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We have always been here: Reflecting on the queer self through the Smith College special collections archive

Olsen, Robin
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The notion of progress necessitates a taboo past—something to advance and move away from. This practice is harmful; refusing to engage with our past restricts the imagination, alienating the self to a specific time, disacknowledging the wider context of which we live, including all that has come before us. Utilizing artifacts handled at the Smith College Special Collections archive, I reflect on what it means to be queer, trans, a person of color, and a Vermonter. I showcase how, paradoxically, the past opens up new possibilities for the future and expands our understandings of all that we can be.
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2025-06-03
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Undergraduate
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14849/9083
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Thomas Delaney
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