Framed: The Dancer's Reckoning

renda' s polite disdain. Isabelle' s open mockery. Ava found

ce for her thoughts on student life, art, the struggle

t felt more nec

ings, Old Anxieties: Navigating the Freshm

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on her post about finding authenticity.

alse, but about the consistent effort to align actions with values, even when it's diff

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en. She wrote about honor and effort in a way t

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omment – E.C. – a

d awkward and out of place. Isabelle painted her as flighty, a bit lost. He' d seen

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