The overall tone of this affirmation (notably the rejection of choosing matriarchy or patriarchy when the other fails), but this sums it up: "So if you're looking for a side to choose—let it be your own."
I don't exist in a binary, unfortunately except for my thinking (I was raised extremely religious and because I still live at home, I'm still very much exposed to the binary thinking that has been hammered into me since childhood), so your words are a reminder and a reclamation of how my decisions in my personal and professional life, career, and creativity, I operate by my rules and what's aligned for me. No external voices or ideas should influence that. Again, thank you.
I remember writing that line - it felt risky - I wondered if anyone would think that I am advocating selfishness - but then I leaned in because, as Walt Whitman said, “we contain multitudes,” and when we are choosing an external, arbitrary binary, then we are ignoring the universe of possibility that lives inside us.
EXACTLY!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥
Any particular line that's lighting your fire?
The overall tone of this affirmation (notably the rejection of choosing matriarchy or patriarchy when the other fails), but this sums it up: "So if you're looking for a side to choose—let it be your own."
I don't exist in a binary, unfortunately except for my thinking (I was raised extremely religious and because I still live at home, I'm still very much exposed to the binary thinking that has been hammered into me since childhood), so your words are a reminder and a reclamation of how my decisions in my personal and professional life, career, and creativity, I operate by my rules and what's aligned for me. No external voices or ideas should influence that. Again, thank you.
I remember writing that line - it felt risky - I wondered if anyone would think that I am advocating selfishness - but then I leaned in because, as Walt Whitman said, “we contain multitudes,” and when we are choosing an external, arbitrary binary, then we are ignoring the universe of possibility that lives inside us.