Great analysis Abby. I liked the way you bore into all the issues of today and yesterday and noted the spin coming from many commentators as more more rooted in self promotion than anything.
I didn't really understand the explanation for the asterisk but that's a topic for more thought on my part. Chuck
Some people might be put off by the tortuous language I used to describe Day and TT. We don't yet have easy language to communicate who they are, once gender identity is being considered. TT is non-binary in gender, not male. That is his identity. Day is male as a gender identity. Lumping them together as I did in the piece is awkward. Using the torturous language respects the gender identity each has chosen. As a non-binary person myself, I need to be sure to respect their self-chose identity. Is that more clear?
To happen when expected
That's the trick that Fate uses
Then man says
I am a Prophet...
Or
Science is...
Or
God exists...
The lonely soul of the cynic
Unfortunately questions
The need clean convenience
Oh man's assumptions
He never gets any answers
Is there anyone to hear?
Perhaps the isolation
Is self-imposed....
The reality of it matters
Hypothetical universe
Release my certain self
Sole certainty....
Explain briefly in complete sentences:
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"I don't know" -> modern version = "I'm not quite sure" UGH!
I share the awe at how what I begin to write is never what I end up writing. Life = impermanence.
Abby, I loved seeing you quoted in the Times the other day!
Great analysis Abby. I liked the way you bore into all the issues of today and yesterday and noted the spin coming from many commentators as more more rooted in self promotion than anything.
I didn't really understand the explanation for the asterisk but that's a topic for more thought on my part. Chuck
Some people might be put off by the tortuous language I used to describe Day and TT. We don't yet have easy language to communicate who they are, once gender identity is being considered. TT is non-binary in gender, not male. That is his identity. Day is male as a gender identity. Lumping them together as I did in the piece is awkward. Using the torturous language respects the gender identity each has chosen. As a non-binary person myself, I need to be sure to respect their self-chose identity. Is that more clear?