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Gender, sex, relationships, trauma, mental health, intimate struggles and celebrations. Some of this writing is 18+ only, some will have content warnings.
Quand on m'appelle "elle", je me sens toujours exclue, invisible, incomprise. C'est un sentiment que je fais de mon mieux pour transformer en énergie afin d'éduquer les alliés potentiels.
J'ai appris qu'il y a une différence entre ma voix physique et ma voix au sens large. J'ai maîtrisé ma voix physique - toutes les nuances, les points de rupture ; j'ai appris comment ma voix aime bouger et s'épanouir. Il y a une liberté et une joie dans la pratique de l'utilisation de ma voix de cette manière sur scène. Mais j'avais besoin de quelque chose de plus.
Inspirée par une petite puce en plastique argentée qui se trouvait dans ma poche et qui portait l'inscription "Women in Recovery" d'un côté et la prière de la sérénité de l'autre (et par mon téléphone rempli de nouveaux numéros), j'ai découvert un désir en moi que je ne savais même pas que je voulais avant d'entrer dans cette réunion. Je voulais me retrouver.
Pour que vous puissiez nous croire, vous allez devoir apprendre à vous pardonner. Et c'est la chose la plus difficile que vous ferez jamais.
Laissez-vous aller à la rage contre toutes les raisons pour lesquelles vous avez cessé d'utiliser votre voix. Ragez contre l'argent, le capitalisme, le mensonge de la méritocratie, l'optimisme de la jeunesse, les institutions qui vous ont bercé dans la passivité, les avertissements dont vous n'avez pas tenu compte, la misogynie. Honte, abus émotionnel, traumatisme, micro-agressions. Les maux de gorge, les mensonges. Versez vos larmes pour tous ces moments de connexion que vous avez perdus parce que vous ne chantiez pas.
I know I am not the first person to speak, and that the reason I am able to find the courage to do so is because I am adding my voice to the chorus of many who have come before me. I honour those who said the first word, then the second and third.
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