Mar 23, 2023·edited Mar 23, 2023Liked by Olivia Muenter
I'm currently writing a piece on my ED and trying to find peace in a world obsessed with thinness. It's difficult to navigate what I want to share with others and what I want to keep just for me. Your writing has always touched, particularly when reflecting on your body – however, you have never been just that. To me, you have been kindness, you have been strength, you have been warmth, you have been growth.
This piece made me reflect on what I want to do with my writing and more importantly my body; I too want peace, to just 'have' a body and never think of it as anything other than the vehicle to my life.
I hope we both find somewhere to situate ourselves, somewhere to sit, somewhere to rest – in our bodies, in our homes, and in ourselves.
You might like (or already know about) the newsletter published by Jessica DeFino called Unpublishable. She writes a lot about the larger forces that make people (women, especially) feel compelled to conform to beauty standards. Just wanted to share!
I honestly would have to agree with this entire article because it’s 110% true these days and I feel the pain but hopefully obtaining that pain and bringing it into the light of an easier Workday since we are all working so hard or unemployed these days
I'm currently writing a piece on my ED and trying to find peace in a world obsessed with thinness. It's difficult to navigate what I want to share with others and what I want to keep just for me. Your writing has always touched, particularly when reflecting on your body – however, you have never been just that. To me, you have been kindness, you have been strength, you have been warmth, you have been growth.
This piece made me reflect on what I want to do with my writing and more importantly my body; I too want peace, to just 'have' a body and never think of it as anything other than the vehicle to my life.
I hope we both find somewhere to situate ourselves, somewhere to sit, somewhere to rest – in our bodies, in our homes, and in ourselves.
Thank you, Olivia.
I hope so too. Thank you for your beautiful words and thoughts, Katrine!
You might like (or already know about) the newsletter published by Jessica DeFino called Unpublishable. She writes a lot about the larger forces that make people (women, especially) feel compelled to conform to beauty standards. Just wanted to share!
Sounds great. Thanks for the tip! Will check it out!
This was so incredibly beautiful and truly like New Yorker level of good writing. Bravo!
Wow, what a compliment! Thank you!
This was such a great read, thank you, Olivia
You're very welcome! Thank *you* for reading!
This post resonates so much and I love your beautiful writing.
I honestly would have to agree with this entire article because it’s 110% true these days and I feel the pain but hopefully obtaining that pain and bringing it into the light of an easier Workday since we are all working so hard or unemployed these days