Sezin Koehler: Enough With the “I Am” Memes Already

Let’s get something straight: Unless you’re Parisian, French, or live(d) there, no, you are not Paris. To be Parisian — to be from anywhere, really — is to understand the cultural complexities of that identity that cannot be subsumed or learned with a pithy solidarity meme on social media.

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