trend rather than practice: thought of you

conditioned by white women’s desire to obfuscate the power
begotten by their whiteness: haha, i love you + miss you

occult is after all about power that obscures its origin: hope work isn't too boring

historical connections, sublimated, continues to magnetize the appeal: excited to see you soooon

mothers are
sympathetic to this appeal
even as suspicious of it;

it marks a desire to be contrary
to the colonial project,
even if it does not always enact it.

mantle themselves: savage ...tech

widely circulated misstep resonates with efforts
tech companies aspire: mid-17th-century atmosphere
their products: New England folktale
accessible and inclusive, threat of witches follows
their grounded intimacy with a coveted land

keyword for product narratives: a fear of the Natives
wider recognition of sociability and sexuality
objects deemed unruly, often invited to be subjects
user research, telling and expected

generalization of individuals, an in-coming
matured a user group, categorized revival
constructs crude: interest, broadcast by crystal-wearing enthusiasts
at the beginning of homogenized stories, assumptions