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fromAnOther
2 weeks ago

Read: A Short Story Exploring the Complexities of Boyhood and Desire

Wake. If you're lucky, that is morning's first task. Wake. Not rolling over onto your side, not recalling the thoughts that have stayed the night, like a tryst who cannot sense they're meant to leave before light breaks through on the pane. Leave that to phones - light breaking through, remembering everything. Wake - what a herculean task! To wake first, and not check your phone. Everything after that? A form of grace, if you believe in that sort of thing.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

When my daughter eats, it is with joyful abandon. Her behaviour is helping me unlearn toxic standards for women | Lea Antigny

Young girls often display natural, unselfconscious comfort with their bodies and appetites, while cultural pressures teach older girls to suppress visible hunger or desire.
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