…Girls who have been involved for three years talk about the shift that occurred internally for them when they realized they had to break connections with their families — end the emotional ties and break with the gang that their families expected them to die for. A girl takes the talking piece and says:

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…We talk about trauma, the effects of abuse, the rage, the difficulty
trusting. I talk to them about their fighting and self-hatred. A girl who was planning a fight earlier rolls onto her side and looks at me.

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