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There Is No Entrance Exam for Womanhood
Sometimes the hardest person to convince that you belong is yourself. A personal reflection on missed girlhood, femininity, gender expression and learning that womanhood does not require proof.https://queerdispatch.org/2026/09/13/there-is-no-entrance-exam-for-womanhood/
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There Is No Entrance Exam for Womanhood
Sometimes the hardest person to convince that you belong is yourself. A personal reflection on missed girlhood, femininity, gender expression and learning that womanhood does not require proof.https://queerdispatch.org/2026/09/13/there-is-no-entrance-exam-for-womanhood/
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There Is No Entrance Exam for Womanhood
Sometimes the hardest person to convince that you belong is yourself. A personal reflection on missed girlhood, femininity, gender expression and learning that womanhood does not require proof.https://queerdispatch.org/2026/09/13/there-is-no-entrance-exam-for-womanhood/
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I learned early rest was for the weak. Everything my family taught me said so.
My father taught hours, my mother graded late. The message was clear.
What voice drives you forward, and is it speaking with kindness or fear?
#discipline #selfcompassion #wellness
#hustleculture #productivity #guiltfreerest
#personalessay #reflectivewriting #embodiedpractice -
I learned early rest was for the weak. Everything my family taught me said so.
My father taught hours, my mother graded late. The message was clear.
What voice drives you forward, and is it speaking with kindness or fear?
#discipline #selfcompassion #wellness
#hustleculture #productivity #guiltfreerest
#personalessay #reflectivewriting #embodiedpractice -
I learned early rest was for the weak. Everything my family taught me said so.
My father taught hours, my mother graded late. The message was clear.
What voice drives you forward, and is it speaking with kindness or fear?
#discipline #selfcompassion #wellness
#hustleculture #productivity #guiltfreerest
#personalessay #reflectivewriting #embodiedpractice -
I learned early rest was for the weak. Everything my family taught me said so.
My father taught hours, my mother graded late. The message was clear.
What voice drives you forward, and is it speaking with kindness or fear?
#discipline #selfcompassion #wellness
#hustleculture #productivity #guiltfreerest
#personalessay #reflectivewriting #embodiedpractice -
The True, Unglamorous Life of a Writer | 🔗 https://brennan.day/the-true-unglamorous-life-of-a-writer/
#PersonalEssay #Writing #WritingCraft #Blogging #Creativity #CreativeNonfiction
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The Journey of a Glass Child: Embracing Uniqueness
Growing up, I was always the "weird" kid who couldn't fit in, even with my own family, a round peg in a square, rigid hole. I preferred creative things like music, art, and writing, often spending time riding my bike or walking. This was quite different from my peers, who were into sports, the military, travel, boating, and horses—activities my family couldn't afford. So I stayed in my own world, where I was happy and content. My extracurriculars weren't the usual after-school sports. […]https://dreamspacestudio.net/the-journey-of-a-glass-child-embracing-uniqueness/
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The Self
A bicycle isn't its wheels. It isn't the frame, the chain, the person pedaling, or the road. Take any one away and you don't have a broken bicycle but something that was never a bicycle to begin with. We point at things and say that's 'it'. That's the self. That's what's real. But every time you reach for the thing itself, you find it's made entirely of other things, which are made of other things and somewhere in that regression you either panic or you start to find it funny. The self […]https://ridiculousbharath.wordpress.com/2026/05/12/the-self/
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My essay “Hiding in Plain Sight: Life With and Without Masks” has been published by Knee Brace Press. https://kneebracepress.com/2024/03/07/hiding-in-plain-sight-life-with-and-without-masks/ #CNF #PersonalEssay #memoir #covid #MaskUp #disability #HealthcareOrLackThereof #AuthorsOnMastodon #IndigenousCreatives #InvisibleDisabilities #InvisibleIllness