​Hello You & Welcome!  

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Hi, I’m Katayoon — though most people call me Kate.

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The universe of The Benevolent Series was born from a good girl who once believed the world was benevolent. You know, kind, well-meaning and wanting to do good for others. 

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It was a sharp curveball to discover it was, more often than not, malevolent. So, I built this small corner of the universe to fight back, through the words of a rebel and at times a tender heart.

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The good girl became an engineer. She designed bridges, water systems, and later, policies and programs to help her city fight climate change and lower greenhouse gas emissions. I still work on these files every day — they are beautiful, benevolent contributions.​

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And yet, the fires of the world seem to burn hotter.

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After doing everything I could to heal the world (and maybe myself in the process), I realized there may never be a cure for my debilitating empathy — or for the question that echoes in every human soul: What was I made for?

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And just as hauntingly: Where are all the people to whom I make sense?

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If you’ve arrived here through a piece like “Stop Telling Me to Forgive — Why This Isn’t Helpful” “Do You Know a Soul-Shelter and Why the Soft Ones Love Them” or “The Prophecies of Indigenous Wisdom: Are We in Humanity’s Final Phase?” — welcome.

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I’m so glad you found your way here.

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Two is always better than one.