"It’s figuring out when and how to put other people's needs and desires before our own, and figuring out how to accept the grace of other people doing it for us too. It’s not getting what we want sometimes. It’s not getting what we need sometimes. It’s making ourselves trustworthy and allowing ourselves to be vulnerable enough to trust in return." Might just read this to my therapist tbh
"Bette cheated on Tina with a contractor from the museum and I thought they were going to be together forever and I don't know why I care so much!" LOL oh Heather, this is so sweet and so real and YOUR SISTER WRITING YOU A FIC is just such a cute support!!!!
also, like, i am realizing at this moment that i burned candace the carpenter's illustration of the fast, cheap, good triangle into my base memory just like i did all the random, made-up feeling lesbian cultural touchstones from that show
I too love these Bright Falls books, for similar reasons. So glad you gave them some newsletter love, hope more people get to find and enjoy them as a result.
Ugh, this hit me hard. Loved reading it, related so hard. The L Word was my first experience of queer representation in the media too and while it will always have a place in my heart despite it not really holding up anymore, I'm so grateful (and jealous) that the next generation has much better coverage to grow up with healthy representations of queer love and connections.
I've not heard of the Bright Falls books but I'm now dying to read them.
It's funny, I actually wrote a whole piece about queer books I love, that's coming out soon. Maybe if I can read Delilah fast enough I can add it to the list before it does!
"It’s figuring out when and how to put other people's needs and desires before our own, and figuring out how to accept the grace of other people doing it for us too. It’s not getting what we want sometimes. It’s not getting what we need sometimes. It’s making ourselves trustworthy and allowing ourselves to be vulnerable enough to trust in return." Might just read this to my therapist tbh
"Bette cheated on Tina with a contractor from the museum and I thought they were going to be together forever and I don't know why I care so much!" LOL oh Heather, this is so sweet and so real and YOUR SISTER WRITING YOU A FIC is just such a cute support!!!!
also, like, i am realizing at this moment that i burned candace the carpenter's illustration of the fast, cheap, good triangle into my base memory just like i did all the random, made-up feeling lesbian cultural touchstones from that show
I too love these Bright Falls books, for similar reasons. So glad you gave them some newsletter love, hope more people get to find and enjoy them as a result.
Ugh, this hit me hard. Loved reading it, related so hard. The L Word was my first experience of queer representation in the media too and while it will always have a place in my heart despite it not really holding up anymore, I'm so grateful (and jealous) that the next generation has much better coverage to grow up with healthy representations of queer love and connections.
I've not heard of the Bright Falls books but I'm now dying to read them.
It's funny, I actually wrote a whole piece about queer books I love, that's coming out soon. Maybe if I can read Delilah fast enough I can add it to the list before it does!
Thank you for sharing this, I really loved it.
😭😭😭😭 yes!!
Everything you write seems to always be what I need to read, Heather - I'm so grateful! And I apparently have some Bright Falls books to read!