stillness is a lie, my dear
Building on my thoughts from yesterday, I’ve been thinking a great deal about independence, interdependence, and dependence in US culture and how these things are viewed. The bootstrapping ideal, of course, comes down hard against dependence, arguing that individuals who are dependent are worthless (and worth less) when compared to the rest of society — […]
I don’t mean physical strength, in the sense of how much you can lift, carry, the feats you can accomplish with your body. Instead, I am thinking of the more nebulous emotional strength, the thing we are supposed to carry inside, that thing we all aspire to have. We must be strong, must be role […]
One of the mistakes often made when describing what people look for in a ‘strong female character’ is a fierce, independent woman. She relies on no one of any gender to get what she needs, and she has all the skills she could possibly require at her fingertips. She’s the lone hunter, the woman warrior, […]