Not me tearing up in the soft morning light on a cold day... oh yes, yes it is. (Like you, I am too earnest for this world).
Meg, I love this so much. I ache for the maternal/nurturing presence of your dad and I'm grateful every time you share snippets of him. I am also not a Tiktok afficianado but this is almost enough to make me want to go watch the things you mentioned, if I had the time today...
Thank you for starting my day like this. I am going to write about trans issues soon on my newsletter but I know it won't be half as beautiful as this, but if we (especially those of us who are formerly Very Religious and very gender binary) can keep talking, I hope more people can start listening. All my gratitude!
I'm realizing now that I'm almost a year older than your dad when he died. Oh, Meg, it's so so young. I'm so sorry.
And I've thought something similar to your dad about trans and other ways bodies may not match spirits for a long time, but never anything so articulate.
I don't TikTok either. It's absurdly addictive and I have enough problems with mindless social media scrolling anyway. I had the app for 3 days and one night washed my face and sat on the side of the bed to "unwind with TikTok" to discover myself hunched there at 3 am. I am too old to cope well with that.
When I saw the clip of Drew sliding to the floor in that conversation it just seemed like the most tender mom-ing thing to do. She wanted to get closer, but she really wanted to cuddle her on the floor like a little one. If conservatives want to see that as worship, whatever. We know that they are anti-woman and anti-family and their misogyny and cold-heartedness has no room for authentic tenderness and kindness within it.
Not me tearing up in the soft morning light on a cold day... oh yes, yes it is. (Like you, I am too earnest for this world).
Meg, I love this so much. I ache for the maternal/nurturing presence of your dad and I'm grateful every time you share snippets of him. I am also not a Tiktok afficianado but this is almost enough to make me want to go watch the things you mentioned, if I had the time today...
Thank you for starting my day like this. I am going to write about trans issues soon on my newsletter but I know it won't be half as beautiful as this, but if we (especially those of us who are formerly Very Religious and very gender binary) can keep talking, I hope more people can start listening. All my gratitude!
Thank you for this. All of this. Too much to put into words.
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I'm realizing now that I'm almost a year older than your dad when he died. Oh, Meg, it's so so young. I'm so sorry.
And I've thought something similar to your dad about trans and other ways bodies may not match spirits for a long time, but never anything so articulate.
I don't TikTok either. It's absurdly addictive and I have enough problems with mindless social media scrolling anyway. I had the app for 3 days and one night washed my face and sat on the side of the bed to "unwind with TikTok" to discover myself hunched there at 3 am. I am too old to cope well with that.
When I saw the clip of Drew sliding to the floor in that conversation it just seemed like the most tender mom-ing thing to do. She wanted to get closer, but she really wanted to cuddle her on the floor like a little one. If conservatives want to see that as worship, whatever. We know that they are anti-woman and anti-family and their misogyny and cold-heartedness has no room for authentic tenderness and kindness within it.
Definitely what I needed to read this morning.
Of all your writings that I have read, I think this will forever be my favorite ❤️❤️❤️
Aw dangit I’m crying at work. That’ll show me to remember to read your posts when I don’t have to pretend it’s allergies.
I'm ending my day with this piece and it's exactly what I needed. Thanks, Meg.
I don't Tik Tok either 😉