It was really good and made me think! I also grew up in the era of women self-flagellating publicly for like $50 and sharing the worst things that ever happened to them, and I've always been torn on whether it really helps. If you haven't read it, Leslie Jamison's "A Grand Unified Theory of Female Pain" made many points about this too. https://www.jstor.org/stable/44714543
Excellent essay. Reminded me of the time that a therapist asked me if I was trans. I had to explain that I didn’t have gender dysphoria, just that I have a similarly complicated relationship with womanhood/gender
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Late to this—fantastic piece, and thank you for sharing my essay in this!
Late to this—fantastic piece, and thank you for sharing my essay in this!
It was really good and made me think! I also grew up in the era of women self-flagellating publicly for like $50 and sharing the worst things that ever happened to them, and I've always been torn on whether it really helps. If you haven't read it, Leslie Jamison's "A Grand Unified Theory of Female Pain" made many points about this too. https://www.jstor.org/stable/44714543
Excellent essay. Reminded me of the time that a therapist asked me if I was trans. I had to explain that I didn’t have gender dysphoria, just that I have a similarly complicated relationship with womanhood/gender
Similarly as in similar to what you describe in the essay (not similar to gender dysphoria, which is a different thing!)
Thank you!!! I'm trying to work up the courage to post it on X/Twitter lol
It's a really good essay and I think it would be good for people to read it but posting anything about gender on Twitter can be tough oof yeah