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Eva Redford

Exploring how institutions define normality, distribute legitimacy, and misinterpret human difference as individual deficiency instead of evidence of systemic design limits.

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    Normal isn't neutral. I explore how institutions, culture, and systems define legitimacy and what happens to people who don't fit the invisible prototype.

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