"Our body is a gift we receive and it is a gift we give to others, to those we love."
Kelly, your writing lately has been so perfectly timed for me. I'm nowhere near injections and scalpels, but I have a daughter aging into those particularly fragile years, and I'm about to deliver my fifth son whom I want to raise into an honorable man with his brothers, and oh yeah my own body is a certain way as a result of all of these things. So many wrestlings over here and it's a blessing to know women can think through these issues together even if we are in different places. Thanks for writing so clearly and beautifully, as always.
Lovely piece. I’ve thought of that Little Women quite so often since I first read it as a single woman; it has stayed with me. And the idea of Orual’s veil being able to serve as a metaphor for the modifications we make to ourself is fascinating
Don’t know how I missed this piece! So much good here Kelly. Loved that you tied modern beauty issues back to Till We Have Faces. That story seems inexhaustible!!
Your writing keeps getting better from piece to piece Emily - you have a real talent. You write with real conviction, thoughtfulness and erudition but also are very concise, almost to a fault. I look forward to every future post of yours!
"Our body is a gift we receive and it is a gift we give to others, to those we love."
Kelly, your writing lately has been so perfectly timed for me. I'm nowhere near injections and scalpels, but I have a daughter aging into those particularly fragile years, and I'm about to deliver my fifth son whom I want to raise into an honorable man with his brothers, and oh yeah my own body is a certain way as a result of all of these things. So many wrestlings over here and it's a blessing to know women can think through these issues together even if we are in different places. Thanks for writing so clearly and beautifully, as always.
Thank you so much, Leah! <3
Lovely piece. I’ve thought of that Little Women quite so often since I first read it as a single woman; it has stayed with me. And the idea of Orual’s veil being able to serve as a metaphor for the modifications we make to ourself is fascinating
Thank you so much!!
Don’t know how I missed this piece! So much good here Kelly. Loved that you tied modern beauty issues back to Till We Have Faces. That story seems inexhaustible!!
Your writing keeps getting better from piece to piece Emily - you have a real talent. You write with real conviction, thoughtfulness and erudition but also are very concise, almost to a fault. I look forward to every future post of yours!
Ahh thank you so much, that means a lot to me :)
TWHF is one of my all-time favorite novels, but I had never thought of it in relation to this particular topic before. Love this!
Thank you so much!
Really loved the comparison to beauty and Lewis' novel. Great stuff!
Thank you!