Reading a book in public is only performative to people that don’t read books. To a reader, every waiting room, park bench, and train carriage is another potential chapter.
unlearn shame. all forms of shames unemployment, illness, vulnerability, longing, desire, errors, failures. you do not need to feel ashamed of what you are experiencing or living. freedom and shame cannot coexist.
I was holding my belly and my 5 year old asked if i I was pregnant 😅I said "no" he said "is it your period?" I told him "it's coming" no word of a lie he said "aw, im sorry mum. Mums really have it hard, you have to look after your children, have periods and go to work" 🥹