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Robin Taylor (he/him)'s avatar

I could say something like, "I feel seen." And I do. Or I could say, "your words are magic elixir.," also true. But I need to say something bigger.

I grew up as a girl, and so much of this feels familiar and real and like my own memories of myself. Like so many of us were given this same, secret script and then told not to tell anyone else, and here you are confessing, and THAT part feels seen. But it's more than that.

I feel seen by your words as a transgender human. As a man who's body will never fit any norms, as a father who birthed his children and sees the stretch marks from it in the mirror, as a person who has wanted out of this life and nearly made it happen, your words found me.

So... Thanks for that.

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gilda's avatar

Thank you for your vulnerability. This piece meant so much to me. My body has been so many different shapes and sizes in my life, and I feel deep ambivalence about it. It’s crushing and so hard to talk about with both honesty and empathy. I, too, don’t really know what it looks like to heal, to live in an embodied way, but this piece made me feel hopeful about continuing to try.

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