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“That’s what I’ve come to realize: some objects need to stay because they offer us access. Not utility, not nostalgia, but entry. Into a life, an identity, or a private space. Sometimes our own. Sometimes someone else’s.”

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Do you have an object that has meaning for you?

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Sometimes, we don’t meet emotions through deliberate introspection, but almost by accident: through a sound, a smell, a misplaced item. An object, without intending to, might surface a feeling we hadn’t named yet.

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On uniforms, pink nail polish, and not being invited to pajama parties: a brief reflection on identity, class and gender written from the other side of the window.

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Substack post: On living in a city where you don’t quite belong

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Rino Kawauchi, Halo (2017)

Lily James as Desdemona in Othello (2011)

Tracey Emin, My Bed

Jenny Holzer, Truisms (1978/82)

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Substack post: A notebook made public