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# A creator has the right to speak from personal...
> A creator has the right to speak from personal experience. Memoir becomes self-absorption only when the self is offered without an intellectual object, human consequence, or route through which another person can recognize something useful.
**Source:** [[livestreams/Voice, Integrity, and Independence Inside Platform Constraints - Workbook|Voice, Integrity, and Independence Inside Platform Constraints]]
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“A creator has the right to speak from personal experience. Memoir becomes self-absorption only when the self is offered without an intellectual object, human consequence, or route through which another person can recognize something useful.”
— Bryant McGill
https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-creator-right-speak-recognize-something-useful
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