sometimes I covet a body without curve (!) I think part of our wish for less flesh is really a wish to be less burdened by the vulnerability of being VISIBLE, or to be relieved of the burden of being missed. If you have the kind of body that precedes you upon every entry of every room, you have a body that eclipses other aspects of your personality. We know innately, that in many moments we are seen simply as ‘the woman with big boobs’ or ‘the fat lady’. When I look at Charlotte Gainsbourg I don’t want to lose weight, I want to feel free. I want to know what it feels like to live in a body that isn’t noticed until I make it noticeable (which, in this fantasy, is with my effortlessly cool French fashion sense).
Cadence, this is a fantastic essay with excellent writing. You also seem to have made feminism even more inclusive by making it seem "less scary" to those not quite in the know.
I'm so glad I found it and read it tonight. I restacked it but I'm still a newb at this platform so I'm not entirely sure what effect that even has when someone like me (with no or almost no followers) does it. Even still, the quote I highlighted? *chef's kiss*
Cadence, this is a fantastic essay with excellent writing. You also seem to have made feminism even more inclusive by making it seem "less scary" to those not quite in the know.
I'm so glad I found it and read it tonight. I restacked it but I'm still a newb at this platform so I'm not entirely sure what effect that even has when someone like me (with no or almost no followers) does it. Even still, the quote I highlighted? *chef's kiss*