"The scale of the incident feels embarrassingly minor, even though the change inside me is not.” - thank you for this essay and this line especially. It puts into words something I’ve felt about a specific childhood experience for decades.
Captivating. The writing is so clear and concise and it builds. You feel something is going to happen and then it does. So much food for thought in these words. Dad's love. Smart protagonist. The neighbor. Great piece!!! Thank you for adding this to the How I Learned Collection.
Such a great piece, but such a harrowing situation. Damn! Also, emblematic of how casually girls and women were assaulted back then.
"The scale of the incident feels embarrassingly minor, even though the change inside me is not.” - thank you for this essay and this line especially. It puts into words something I’ve felt about a specific childhood experience for decades.
Captivating. The writing is so clear and concise and it builds. You feel something is going to happen and then it does. So much food for thought in these words. Dad's love. Smart protagonist. The neighbor. Great piece!!! Thank you for adding this to the How I Learned Collection.
Thank you, Patrick! As you know, Blaise is a great editor. She can see what doesn’t need to be there.
The Woodman photo is perfect - her work is incredible. Great piece. Glad you ran. Glad the dad acted the way he did - so sweet.
Thank you, Charles.