Beautiful piece! The last few sentences really drove it home for me.
The phrase I found myself saying in my head (after finishing the piece) was “Do what you want to do. And stay present.” I’ve found that the two phases you touch on (“hoe phase”, celebrate era) are both imperfect remedies for trying to control my life and circumstances without the discomfort of simply Staying Present and Trusting Myself. I’m curious if our desire to label ourselves and what “era” we’re in stems from a desire to gain some level of certainty/direction for the near future
Really good. It's been years since I've read it but I think there's some excellent retrospective oral history of the free love movement in England from the mouths of the women in it published in Jonathon Green's "Days In The Life: Voices from the English Underground 1961-1971"
have seen many faded photos of and accounts from men who seem to have enjoyed the free love movement, so v good to know there were women also getting something out of it
Well written and thoughtful piece. Thanks for that Eve! Your comments really resonated with me, as I have been pondering issues related to sexuality, gender identity, trans, and what it really means to *be* a woman. We humans sure do love labelling things and ourselves, and the answer to decades of harmful gender stereotypes seems to be "let's create some more labels and definitions"!! Anyway, loving your work, even after reading only one piece so far (!). Looking forward to seeing more of you...
Beautiful piece! The last few sentences really drove it home for me.
The phrase I found myself saying in my head (after finishing the piece) was “Do what you want to do. And stay present.” I’ve found that the two phases you touch on (“hoe phase”, celebrate era) are both imperfect remedies for trying to control my life and circumstances without the discomfort of simply Staying Present and Trusting Myself. I’m curious if our desire to label ourselves and what “era” we’re in stems from a desire to gain some level of certainty/direction for the near future
Really good. It's been years since I've read it but I think there's some excellent retrospective oral history of the free love movement in England from the mouths of the women in it published in Jonathon Green's "Days In The Life: Voices from the English Underground 1961-1971"
have seen many faded photos of and accounts from men who seem to have enjoyed the free love movement, so v good to know there were women also getting something out of it
love that this is resonating w others <3 I enjoyed these podcasts on this topic (after writing and wish I’d been able to hear them before lol) https://open.spotify.com/episode/2CGY4zvuf1zfn39kSW1eU1?si=QtUDkRb3TG6S_Tp7zfch6w https://open.spotify.com/episode/2tLWUvz71ndxRw7R0A1fsX?si=PbUeHrj8RHqIG6nHM3avHw
Well written and thoughtful piece. Thanks for that Eve! Your comments really resonated with me, as I have been pondering issues related to sexuality, gender identity, trans, and what it really means to *be* a woman. We humans sure do love labelling things and ourselves, and the answer to decades of harmful gender stereotypes seems to be "let's create some more labels and definitions"!! Anyway, loving your work, even after reading only one piece so far (!). Looking forward to seeing more of you...