Beautiful essay!! So many sentences that took my breath away.
"I grew up thinking all expressions of desire were grotesque. Inside me accreted the belief that love comes with terms and conditions." > as a 1st generation Chinese American, the absence of intimacy and talk thereof is a mandatory characteristic that I had to unlearn and unpack in adulthood.
This comment means so much to me, there are so many complex emotions that compound in the experiences of immigrants. As the child of one I’ve had to learn to recontextualize much that I found painful in my upbringing, and to see where certain behaviours originated in a culture that I’m personally unfamiliar with.
A stunning read
Amazing!
do you ever come across a piece of writing and think wow i read this for free
this made me so happy 😭
Thank you! 🥹
Gosh
Beautiful essay!! So many sentences that took my breath away.
"I grew up thinking all expressions of desire were grotesque. Inside me accreted the belief that love comes with terms and conditions." > as a 1st generation Chinese American, the absence of intimacy and talk thereof is a mandatory characteristic that I had to unlearn and unpack in adulthood.
This comment means so much to me, there are so many complex emotions that compound in the experiences of immigrants. As the child of one I’ve had to learn to recontextualize much that I found painful in my upbringing, and to see where certain behaviours originated in a culture that I’m personally unfamiliar with.