This particular piece really spoke to me when I finished it. I feel it would be beneficial to discuss this on this platform. Anyone can read it– it’s completely free. Please follow if you can. I find my writing practice very rewarding. I try to make Op-Eds so that I wouldn’t bore people by my monologue. I would say more but I want the work speak for itself. I await your responses –if anyone is out there in this great void! Inquiring mind wants to know!
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I read the piece. it’s intense in a way that feels very personal, especially the question about whether we love the person or the access they represent. that might linger with me.
what struck me most was the tension you describe between rejecting privilege and wanting entry into it. that feels very human. I think a lot of people carry that kind of internal split, even if we don’t say it out loud.
I’m not sure I fully agree that love is mostly imitation or access, though. maybe those forces are there, but I also think there are moments in relationships that feel simpler than that. less strategic, more raw.
either way, it definitely opens up something worth discussing. thanks for sharing it.
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I respect the honesty and vulnerability of this piece. The parts where you admit contradiction. Wanting closeness and wanting status. Caring deeply and also seeing how that played into the dynamic. That kind of self-examination isn’t easy.
The line about trauma traveling felt especially poignant. Changing environments doesn’t automatically change what we carry.
I’m glad you shared it here. It raises uncomfortable questions in a way that feels lived, not abstract.
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I am honored you’ve read it. I try to write where it leave the reader with an interesting point of discussion —as they say: “let the reader decide.”