marginalization

Quiet desperation

[Content warning: suicidal thoughts.] Maybe the worst type of desperation is a quiet one. When things are so bad, when anger and hopelessness are so intense, that one feels nothing or cannot express anything. There’s an expression in Italian, “il peggio non e’ mai morto”, which can be translated as, “it can always get worse”.Continue reading “Quiet desperation”

[Content warning: misgendering; disrespect/discrimination based on transgender identity] “That’s marginalization. I think one of the things you should do is go to the Office of Equity at your institute because to me it sounds like, among other things, you’re being discriminated against on the base of being transgender”. It’s not my therapist or a friendContinue reading “Marginalization”

“Are you dead?” — On Loneliness

Interviewer: “Where did the idea for Eleanor Oliphant come from?” Author (Gail Honeyman): “Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine started with two related ideas. The first was loneliness, an issue that’s now thankfully starting to receive more attention as we begin to understand more about its often devastating consequences. I remembered reading an article in whichContinue reading ““Are you dead?” — On Loneliness”