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not enjoying the constant use of “stick-thin” and discussing actual women’s bodies with name drops. very odd to me

“My goal must be to shrink the distance between the tenderness I will for myself. The future and the person I am now”

“I grieve for all the days I’ve spent hating my body. I grieve for all the time that has been lost. After all, the important thing is that I have a body at all, not how perfect jt is”

Hard to get into, wondering if it’s the translation or just a slow start.

“Og fordi alt dette skete samtidigt med, at jeg for alvor begyndte at læse litteratur og besluttede mig for at blive forfatter, burde jeg så ikke i stedet have ønsket mere at ligne mine forfatterforbilleder. Hvorfor ønskede jeg mig ikke et stort overskæg som Gabriel Garcia Marques, Virginia Woolfs næse eller fantaserede om Franz Kafkas flyveører? (…) Hvorfor hadede jeg bare min mave?”

“Det ironiske ved det had mod netop den kropsdel er, at jeg ikke på noget tidspunkt har ønsket at leve at mit udseende. Jeg har aldrig nogensinde drømt om at blive model, influencer, skuespiller eller mode-ikon. Intet i mine drømme om livet har kredset om at jeg skulle blive besat af min mave.“

every few pages there’s a line/point that i really like but it’s feeling very girlbossy and she’s already annoying me a bit… we shall see