{"id":347038,"date":"2018-12-16T22:00:12","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T06:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?p=347038"},"modified":"2026-02-12T17:20:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T01:20:48","slug":"dvp-2018-year-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2018\/12\/16\/dvp-2018-year-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"DVP 2018: Year in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_348296\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-348296\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"348296\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2018\/12\/16\/dvp-2018-year-in-review\/happy-2019-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Happy-2019-1.png?fit=840%2C420&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"840,420\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Happy 2019! 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DisabilityVisibilityProject.com\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hello friends! This has been an exciting year both personally and professionally for me. I am astonished at how the Disability Visibility Project\u00ae has grown and evolved since 2014. Many of the DVP\u2019s activities this year wouldn\u2019t have been possible without YOU. A big thank you to all of you:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The organizations and individuals who partnered with the DVP such as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rootedinrights.org\/call-for-stories-metoo-and-the-disability-community\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rooted in Rights<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nicolagriffith.com\/criplit\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nicola Griffith with #CripLit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Andrew Pulrang and Gregg Beratan with <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/cripthevote.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#CripTheVote<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and s.e. smith and Vilissa Thompson with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.disabledwriters.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DisabledWriters.com<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whoamitostopit.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cheryl Green<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sarikadmehta.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarika Mehta<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geraldineah-sue.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Geraldine Ah-Sue<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who co-audio produced episodes of my podcast making each episode sparkly and accessible<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/356870067786565\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook group members<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who participated in conversations and spent time and labor writing image descriptions to some of my posts in a collective effort creating an accessible online environment, including Heather Watkins and Denise DiNoto, volunteer moderators of the DVP Facebook group*<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listeners of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/podcast-2\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Disability Visibility podcast<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People who recorded their oral histories for the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/how-to-participate\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Disability Visibility Project at StoryCorps<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or using the StoryCorps app<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Artists such as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/teespring.com\/stores\/ableismistrash\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jee Hei Park<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.repealhydeartproject.org\/shop\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Megan Lynch<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who created art in collaboration with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/miamingus\/status\/1037798608043560965\">Mia Mingus<\/a> that supports the DVP <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People who purchased Unapologetically Disabled and Believe Disabled People merch from the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/sweet-swag-shop\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DVP online store <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People who ordered and read the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/resist\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Resistance and Hope<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> anthology, the first e-book published by the DVP<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People who shared stories and content from the DVP with their classes, organizations, or friends and family <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People who <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/donate\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">donated to the DVP<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Below are a few highlights of what I\u2019ve done this year as an individual and for the Disability Visibility Project. If you have the means, I hope you will consider making a donation and support my work in creating and amplifying disability media and culture <a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/donate\/\">via PayPal or Patreon<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Together, we can build the world we want and deserve.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With gratitude, <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alice <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>DVP in 2018<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><strong>Publications<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Published and edited <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/resist\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Resistance and Hope: Essays by Disabled People<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> available <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B07FVZN7Q4?ref_=pe_3052080_276849420\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on Amazon<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and free in multiple formats <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/books\/view\/899911\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on Smashwords<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on October 2018 featuring 16 essays by 17 disabled activists, writers, and artists. Check out these two recent reviews by Diane R. Wiener in <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordgathering.com\/issue48\/reviews\/wong.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wordgathering<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and M. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Subramanian for <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vidaweb.org\/vida-reviews-resistance-and-hope-edited-by-alice-wong\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VIDA Women in Literary Arts<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Wrote about the California wildfires for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sf.curbed.com\/2018\/11\/13\/18087964\/califorina-wildfires-disabled-people-eldery-evacuation-disabilities\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Curbed SF<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, plastic straw bans and accessibility for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eater.com\/2018\/7\/19\/17586742\/plastic-straw-ban-disabilities\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eater<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an essay on the visibility of Senator Tammy Duckworth as a disabled mother of color for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bitchmedia.org\/article\/disability-visibility-tammy-duckworth\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bitch Media<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an article about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teenvogue.com\/story\/disability-rights-how-to-help?mbid=social_twitter\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HR 620 and disability rights<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and one about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teenvogue.com\/story\/disabled-people-representation\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">representation of disabled people in entertainment<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for Teen Vogue. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Published <strong>5<\/strong> oral histories of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2018\/12\/01\/dvp-interview-sky-cubacub-and-alice-wong\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sky Cubacub<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2018\/12\/13\/dvp-interview-judith-heumann-and-alice-wong\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Judith Heumann<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2018\/12\/04\/dvp-interview-antoine-hunter-and-alice-wong\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Antoine Hunter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2018\/12\/04\/dvp-interview-jennifer-justice-and-alice-wong\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jennifer Justice<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2018\/12\/01\/dvp-interview-ing-wong-ward-and-alice-wong\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ing Wong-Ward<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in partnership with StoryCorps.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Published <strong>3<\/strong> guest blog posts by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2018\/10\/19\/gauged-unable-to-continue-by-ashley-kenyon-pettit\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ashley Kenyon-Petit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2018\/11\/11\/stop-killing-us-reflections-on-trans-intersex-and-disabled-eugenics\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Noor Pervez<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2018\/10\/19\/how-gaming-brings-me-joy-by-rosie-sachtschale\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rosie Sachtschale<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Published <strong>10<\/strong> Q&amp;As with the following people for the DVP website:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2018\/02\/21\/corpus-comics-anthology-interview-with-nadia-shammas\/\">Nadia Shammas<\/a> about her Corpus Comics Anthology in February<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2018\/03\/14\/medical-education-and-students-with-disabilities-interview-with-neera-r-jain\/\">Neera R. Jain<\/a> about medical education and students with disabilities in March<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2018\/05\/13\/disability-intersectionality-summit-holly-pearson-and-lydia-x-z-brown\/\">Holly Pearson, Lydia X.Z. Brown<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2018\/05\/07\/disability-intersectionality-summit-interview-with-sharon-davanport\/\">Sharon daVanport<\/a> about the Disability &amp; Intersectionality Summit in May<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2018\/05\/16\/interview-with-nicola-griffith-author-of-so-lucky-a-new-novel\/\">Nicola Griffith<\/a> about her latest novel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/So-Lucky-Novel-Nicola-Griffith\/dp\/0374265925\"><em>So Lucky<\/em><\/a>, in May<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Gann Academy students on disability history in the US: <a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2018\/06\/19\/disability-history-in-the-us-interview-with-anna-caine-and-tal-chafetz\/\">Anna Caine, Tal Chafetz<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2018\/06\/19\/disability-history-in-the-us-interview-with-teddy-bennett-and-daniel-rabinovitz\/\">Teddy Bennett, and Daniel Rabinovitz<\/a> in June<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2018\/08\/07\/american-hate-interview-with-arjun-singh-sethi\/\">Arjun Singh Sethi<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2018\/08\/07\/american-hate-interview-with-dominick-evans\/\">Dominick Evans<\/a> in about Arjun&#8217;s book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/American-Hate-Survivors-Speak-Out\/dp\/1620973715\"><em>American Hate: Survivors Speak Out<\/em><\/a> in August<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2018\/10\/31\/interview-with-belo-cipriani\/\">Belo Cipriani<\/a> about his new anthology, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Firsts-Coming-Stories-People-Disabilities-ebook\/dp\/B07GWYBRMT\/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1540976729&amp;sr=1-1\"><em>Firsts:\u00a0Coming of Age Stories by People with Disabilities<\/em><\/a> in October<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Podcast<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Produced and hosted <strong>26<\/strong> episodes of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/podcast-2\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Disability Visibility podcast<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (episodes 15-40) with co-audio producers Cheryl Green, Geraldine Ah-Sue, and Sarika Mehta. Check out the latest one featuring an <a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2018\/12\/16\/ep-40-disabled-writers\/\">interview with writer\/journalist Keah Brown<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Media <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Appeared on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OSUIo-GuPdA\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on CNN, Season 3, Episode 4, \u201cThe Disability Community,\u201d on May 20, 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; F<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">eatured in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bitchmedia.org\/article\/2018-bitch-50\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bitch 50<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a list recognizing the most impactful creators, artists, and activists in pop culture influential feminists by Bitch Media and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colorlines.com\/photo-essay\/introducing-colorlines-20-x-20\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Colorline\u2019s 20 X 20<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a group of transformative leaders reimagining what it means to advance racial justice.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Presentations and Talks<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Gave the 2018 Longmore lecture at the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/longmoreinstitute.sfsu.edu\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in April: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/longmoreinstitute.wordpress.com\/2018\/04\/16\/alice-wong-longmore-lecture-with-video-transcript-storytelling-as-activism-the-politics-of-disability-visibility\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cStorytelling as Activism: The Politics of Disability Visibility\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Co-presented a workshop with Dominick Evans, s.e. smith, and Vilissa Thompson in July on reproductive justice and disabled people for Planned Parenthood\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthoodaction.org\/blog\/youre-invited-our-biggest-baddest-raddest-grassroots-training-ever\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Power of Pink Convening<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Detroit, Michigan [<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2LG1ZpQ\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Workshop presentation slides<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2O9nZel\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">syllabus<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">]<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Twitter Chats<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Co-hosted <strong>5 <\/strong><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nicolagriffith.com\/criplit\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#CripLit Twitter chats<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with Nicola Griffith and guest hosts on a number of subjects for disabled writers on disability in literature and publishing \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Co-hosted <strong>14 <\/strong><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/cripthevote.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#CripTheVote Twitter chats<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with Gregg Beratan, Andrew Pulrang, and guest hosts on political participation and the disability community<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Co-hosted 3 #DOnetwork chats with the <a href=\"http:\/\/disabilityorganizing.net\/\">Disability Organizing Network<\/a>, a program of the <a href=\"http:\/\/cfilc.org\/\">California Foundation for Independent Living Centers<\/a> on advocacy for Californians with disabilities<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Co-hosted #CareChat discussion with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wakelet.com\/wake\/1d8fe1ac-6812-463c-aa85-d5879e7fe1ad\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Caring Across Generations<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on care work, families, and interdependence in November <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Co-hosted #FundDisAdvocacy chat with Ingrid Tischer, Ryan Easterly, Irma D. Herrera, and Noorain F. Khan on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wakelet.com\/wake\/0f018508-7366-49d3-acc4-8f44414c951c\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">philanthropy and disability advocacy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in October<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Co-hosted <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wakelet.com\/wake\/80fbc32a-6aa3-4cf5-9679-b6651c9715be\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#DisabledMamas chat<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with Rooted in Rights celebrating Mother\u2019s Day in May<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Co-hosted <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wakelet.com\/wake\/bcac0448-cecd-4a51-82f6-1bdce83180d3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#BlackDisabilityHistory chat<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with Vilissa Thompson, Imani Barbarin, and Neal Carter in February<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Co-hosted <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wakelet.com\/wake\/8f00ba67-4f98-4676-8662-343fd4300e9c\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#MeToo and the Disability Community chat<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with Rooted in Rights in February<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>For more about the DVP in 2018:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/in-the-news\/\">https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/in-the-news\/<\/a><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*After four years I decided to shut down and archive the DVP Facebook group on December 17. It was a good run while it lasted!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>HAPPY NEW YEAR!\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello friends! This has been an exciting year both personally and professionally for me. I am astonished at how the Disability Visibility Project\u00ae has grown and evolved since 2014. 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