Melissa Febos on page 21 of Body Work:
A little bit after a long time of nothing can be easy to mistake for more than it is.
This is in the section on the merits of navel-gazing for writing and storytelling. The subversiveness and the judgmental double standards of conventional authors and artists expressing unease at new voices from different classes, especially those who identify as oppressed and being outsiders.
washing dishes: a father’s glimpses 