Thank you for sharing. As a new mama to a one year old, presence is something I deeply cherish and also struggle with. I’m staying home full-time to be a caregiver and yet find myself on my phone as a distraction more than I’m okay with. Escaping the present isn’t something I’m doing intentionally but it’s happening more than I’d like.
Gah, I relate to the exhaustion of being asked to write original new things about your book when you...already wrote all the words. In your book. Feeling this! Let me know if you crack the invisible code in navigating this well. :) So looking forward to your children's book, too.
Oh my, I so relate to this, six months post-release:
"I think one of the toughest parts of releasing a book is that quiet space that shows up after it’s released, where I’m supposed to simply keep posting and posting about it on social media and writing random thoughts about all the words I just wrote.
Thank you for sharing. As a new mama to a one year old, presence is something I deeply cherish and also struggle with. I’m staying home full-time to be a caregiver and yet find myself on my phone as a distraction more than I’m okay with. Escaping the present isn’t something I’m doing intentionally but it’s happening more than I’d like.
Gah, I relate to the exhaustion of being asked to write original new things about your book when you...already wrote all the words. In your book. Feeling this! Let me know if you crack the invisible code in navigating this well. :) So looking forward to your children's book, too.
Oh my, I so relate to this, six months post-release:
"I think one of the toughest parts of releasing a book is that quiet space that shows up after it’s released, where I’m supposed to simply keep posting and posting about it on social media and writing random thoughts about all the words I just wrote.
It’s exhausting..."
Thanks for giving voice to this.
Fantastic quote from Living Resistance to finish on.
Have you seen Barbie?
I’m not going to but want to understand the fascination. I read the piece from Soul Telegram you linked, this quote disturbed me:
“we make up things like patriarchy and Barbie to help us” deal with its complexities and pain.
So I searched deeper and found another link which explains the movie. Another take on this capitalist system we resist.
Warning - It contains spoilers:
“I Don’t Know How to Feel”: Untangling the Hypofiction of Barbie
https://xenogothic.com/2023/07/25/i-dont-know-how-to-feel-untangling-the-hypofiction-of-barbie/amp/
Thanks!