Life in a Pile of Emojis and Broken English

Following a family bereavement, Stephanie Mamonto started to consider how empathy is conveyed online and how different languages enable or limit our expression of emotion.

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This piece was commissioned for Life in Languages, a series conceived and guest-edited by Elodie Rose Barnes in Lucy Writers Platform. Lucy Writers is a website devoted to showcasing the work of women and non-binary writers and creatives, in collaboration with Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge, UK.