HeyJaredDesire Lines 2.0 | Anna Sansom
What happens when you find yourself between identities, stories and certainties? Letters from the Edgelands, written by a midlife queer dyke. (Some of the older posts are NSFW.)
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How do you know if you’re ready for the next chapter of your life? (opens the original)
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Edgelands are liminal spaces. They are places where urban and untamed meet. Often derelict, not one thing or the other, yet offering a haven for life with nowhere else to go. What happens when we find ourselves in the edgelands of our lives? Where the old self no longer makes sense, but the new one is yet to emerge?These are my letters from the EdgelandsDear friend, For the last few months, I’ve been alluding to making the Edgelands Project bigger. I’ve been excited at the thought of bringing to
The edgelands of healing (opens the original)
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Edgelands are liminal spaces. They are places where urban and untamed meet. Often derelict, not one thing or the other, yet offering a haven for life with nowhere else to go. What happens when we find ourselves in the edgelands of our lives? Where the old self no longer makes sense, but the new one is yet to emerge?These are my letters from the Edgelands…CONTENT NOTE: Surgery, BDSM, Magic<a class="image-link image2
After two years in the Edgelands, I’ve learned that surrender is different to giving up (opens the original)
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Edgelands are liminal spaces. They are the places where urban and untamed meet. Often derelict, not one thing or another, yet providing a haven for life that has nowhere else to go. What happens when we find ourselves in the edgelands of our lives? Where the old self no longer makes sense, but the new one is yet to emerge?These are my letters from the Edgelands…<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!q0ej!,f_aut
It used to be easier to be beautiful (opens the original)
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I’m watching a YouTube short about mannequins in Venezuela. They feature exaggerated breasts and inflated butts, and apparently clothes sales have gone up since they were introduced.Sandra Trujillo, the owner of the mannequin factory, notes that girls as young as 15 are asking for boob jobs for their birthdays. “It used to be easier to be beautiful,” she says with sad resignation in her voice. “Society is very demanding.”<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/
Teasing you (opens the original)
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Last night. Oh, last night. I had the absolute joy of chatting with about why we write (you might be surprised by the answers), and then we read “A Boy at My Feet” - the story we co-wrote last year. I’m still feeling the effects of the reading.We bring our characters to life on the page. But perhaps we breathe life into them when we speak their story out loud. Perhaps words truly are spells. I certainly felt spellbound by the end.If you’d like to listen to the full reading (and our conversation
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