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The Soothing Break of a Self-Care Matinee
On the benefits of catching a movie alone in the dark
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7 min readMar 10, 2022
Last week I was on a reporting trip that spanned Colorado and Texas, catching up with sources whose lives I have followed and reported upon for years. Their stories are inspiring, complex, and each center upon trauma. So often, I find myself covering the ways…