'Hatching' - Social Media as the Modern Cardboard World
Hanna Bergholm's 'Hatching' shows us that the modern version of the cardboard world trope is social media.

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Hanna Bergholm's 'Hatching' shows us that the modern version of the cardboard world trope is social media.
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