care is a verb, empathy is not

and simile is distraction

For a long while the prevailing thought was that reading fostered empathy, did the work of the simile between the experience of the reader and the experience contained in the writing.

[       ], they’re just like us!

They’re as human as we are.

We’ve watched the cracks form in that project ever since. I’ve found great instruction and helpful articulatio…